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Brain is Buzzing, ouch.
For the past several weeks I haven't been able to get much sleep... It's odd how inspiration is very closely related to insomnia.
What has inspired me? Well, a few things, but specifically interactive media. What is interactive media? Well, it's a lot of things really, but I'm specifically talking about audio/visual interactivity with a live performance. Who's interacting? Well, it'd be you silly. Quit asking so many questions!
So here's the basic run down:
I've been thinking about different ways to represent the audio of a live performance in a visual medium. The simplest analogy I can think of is the WinAmp/Windows Media Player Visualizations that occur when you listen to mp3's on your computer. Think of something similar to that being projected on a stage while a band is playing. Except, that's easy, cliche, and not very interesting. Lets get creative here, lets dig deeper.
Think about this, the deaf. Why is it that for so long we've ignored this market as a potential to reach out to during a live music performance. Are we stupid enough to believe that we've nothing to offer someone who is deaf in a concert medium? I think that notion is silly. I think if we create a sophisticated enough visual representation of the music, based off the frequencies, tempo, and dynamic structure of the music, we can effectively paint an audioscape via a projector, laptop and a lot of creativity, that will satisfy not only a deaf audience, but add a very rich element to the live show in general.
Now think about the idea of dance and how it is represented. It's a very selfish act if you think about it. Don't get me wrong, I love dancing, I think indie/emo was the worst thing to ever happen to music because it killed dance (I don't really think it's the worst... this is just for emphasis.) Anyway... what if we were to create some way of creating a visual representation of an audiences movements, dance, in realtime to the music. I think this would be fun and there's a lot of ways to approach this. A few basic concepts include dance pads (think DDR), motion sensors, and video cameras. Throw all this into a laptop that is setup as a VJ (Video Jocky, like a DJ, but they mix live video streams, it's a 21st century thang,) and BAM! you've got one groovy video representation to accompany the music.
Now think live streaming webcast. I think you're starting to get the picture and I'll go ahead and leave it at that.
Anyway, I think this is a noble cause, and if you've ever thought about this, I think we need to start getting together and hammer out how exactly this can be done.
5.14.2005
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