Laptop Battles!!
Looking for a new music experience? How about competitive music mashing? Laptop Battles may be your thing.
The folks over at Fourthcity.net have been doing Laptop battles for a while now, and if you’ve walked around the Capital Hill or the U District, you’ve seen their flyers everywhere. But you may not have known just exactly what goes on.
Well, it’s like this:
The laptop battle is a competitive event for laptop musicians to match their skills against one another. Battles are chosen randomly and conducted in 3 minute rounds. A panel of judges decides which contestant advances to the next round, single elimination style.
It’s a fusion of sound design, composition and stage performance, and a chance for laptop musicians to prove their skills in battle and develop techniques and strategies
They’re at Lo Fi tonight and The Baltic Room tomorrow, and they’re worth checking out.
the 2005 championship battle is Friday, December 9th at Chop
Suey! check the website for more details:
http://www.laptopbattle.org