Composition of trap-inspired naname choreo piece (Traipse)

Composition of trap-inspired naname choreo piece (Traipse)

Status: 
Due Date: 
161009

Description

180112 update

Currently stuck at jiuchi development stage.  Seems like the critical next step is to find the rhythms that truly make me want to move, then to finalize the choreo to that.  Imagining that Octatrack or similar technical tool might help with experimentation.

Pull together recent choreo into Jack Bazaar-style piece.

Current idea
- P1: muting, R arm swings, "mechanistic" independence, NG6 groove
- P2: actorly performance, handtagonism, chiaida, Twiddler groove
- P3: linked arms, full body choreo,
- P23: multi-plane choreo
- P123:
- Ending: individuals playing complicated rhythms while others "accent" with choreo, NG6/Twiddler mashup groove?, ending with Corax?
- jiuchi player 1: o-oke hands
- jiuchi player 2: o-oke bachi (edge)
- jiuchi player3: 2/4 and misc percussion

Process first steps

  1. CONTINUING - material gathering
    watch my old videos and re-learn potentially useful bits.  put videos on thumbdrive and name as necessary.
  2. DONE - groove
    create a rough-draft groove.  92bpm.  Draw from nagado ji concepts.  How to comibine NG6 and Twiddler at end?
  3. DONE - rough draft P1
  4. DONE - rough draft P3, P23, P123
  5. rough draft P2
  6. rough draft End
  7. rough draft jiuchi
  8. practice and re-write notation for each part
  9. record parts for composite video

Estimated commitment
- 12 weeks (poss. finish Oct), 180 hours (studio time)

Pitfalls

Risk of failure: 
Rough draft is a big first hump.
Solution: 
Keep a close eye on the process above. One step at a time.
Risk of failure: 
Lost motivation.
Solution: 
Remind yourself the importance of composition to your career (especially without a group).
Risk of failure: 
Too weighty.
Solution: 
Remind yourself this doesn't have to be great... you can use videos of what *didn't* work to illustrate how you wrote the subsequent piece.