Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

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Text: BeatJazz.
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BeatJazz is:
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1. Live looping,
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2. Jazz improvisation
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And
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3. "Gestural" sound design.
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Accelerometers
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on each hand
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read hand position.
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The color of the lights
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indicates which sound I am playing.
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Red = Drums,
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Blue = Bass,
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Green = Chords,
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Orange = Leads,
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Purple = Pads
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The mouthpiece
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consists of ...
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a button,
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two guitar picks
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and lots of hot glue.
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The heads-up display
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is a smartphone that displays system parameters.
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Why?
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To atomize music culture
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so that ALL past, present and future genres
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can be studied and abstracted, live.
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And
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"BeatJazzers"
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become as common as D.J.'s.
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But mostly ...
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to MAKE the future
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rather than wait for it.
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(Applause)
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