Abstract
The author, a member of the group the Hub, discusses the aesthetic and performance history of the group and related San FranOliveros and many others. These cisco Bay Area live interacartists invented new forms of per- tive music performance practices. The performance formance based on strict proce- practice of the Hub-interacdures that were directly related to tive computer network muthe electronic equipment each of sic-is discussed. Particular them used in performance. focus is placed on the impact of changes in technolSuch procedures were estab- o s ogy. Future applications and lished in one of two ways. In some directions of this musical apcases, equipment became avail- proach are discussed. able that offered a specific functionality that inspired the composer to establish a sonic palette that utilized it. In others, the composer understood electronics well enough to design a circuit specifically for the purpose of creating new musical pieces. No longer tied to the centuries-old traditions of musical notation, composers created new notations that often were based on only a circuit design and a short set of performance instructions [5]. These pieces were not, strictly speaking, improvisation, since the indeterminate nature of the interactions between the electronics
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