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Analog synth artist Meng Qi's new video on Youtube

Syneme Telemusic Studio

Interactive pattern ringing between Beijing and Calgary. 123! ! ! ! 213! ! ! ! 231! ! ! ! 321! ! ! ! 312! ! ! ! 132! ! ! ! 123! Part 1 - listen and settle into the beat. ! ! Begin with count: XxxXxx; stay on each change for 15-20 sec; player who began then ! ! ! interruptswith!fastnotes. Playthelastchangeonly8times,thenstop,andproceedtoPart2! ! (attacca).! ! Part 2 - pitch patterns. 2 cycles, play each change 8 times. ! ! Player 1 plays patterns of 3 pitches, Player 2 - 2 pitches, Player 1 - 1 pitch.! ! Player 1 begins with count XxxXxx, then continuous play. Play 2 accented pitches at the !! ! beginning of each cycle.! ! Part 3 - pitch patterns. 2 cycles, play each change 6 times. ! ! Player 1 plays 4 pitches, Player 2 plays 3 pitches, Player 1 plays 2 pitches.! ! Part 4 - pitch patterns, change pitches. 4 cycles, play each change 4 times.! ! Player 1 freely vary pitches.! ! Part 5 - pitch patterns, change pitches. 3 cycles, play each change 2 times.! ! Player 1 and 2 freely vary pitches.! ! Part 6 - all players freely vary pitches. 5 cycles, play each change once! ! ! Part 7 - continue, all players gradually move from many pitches to repeating patterns to just one note. ! Approx 8 cycles.! ! Part 8 - Player 1 plays on each beat, then player 2, then player 3. ! ! Each player then adds more pitches !2, 3, 4, 5. ! ! Part 9 - Player 1 then plays on every 1st beat, Player 2 on 2nd, Player 3 on 3rd. 123 ! ! Gradually reduce the !notes until just one pitch per player, ideally unison among all three ! ! players. Player 1 stops then others stop. End.!

Two guitars, phasing sequences, 153 BPM on the network between Beijing and Calgary

Kinect and Max between Beijing and Calgary. Using OSC interactively.

Percussion studies between Calgary and Beijing at 197ms or 152 bpm.

Like technology, other aspects of life have been altered rapidly such as population growth and decline, as well as climate change. A Matter of Life is a network-based music composition intended to be performed between two locations and involve both instrumental performers and live electronics. The score is communicated between the two client locations over the network via a server host. This composition highlights the trajectory of the population-extinction-climate relationship through symbolism, sound, and interconnection. Everything in a digital network is interconnected; this principle is also reflected in ecological network. The tree of life was incorporated as a compositional element and metaphor to highlight this idea. As the human footprint grows, the effect on the environment increases exponentially. The network of life on earth is extremely sensitive and reliant on all components being healthy, not unlike the networking of music between distant locations such as Calgary and Beijing. With Bruce Gremo and Meng Qi.