AETHERPHON, global theremin family

On 13 Jun 2007, at 16:14, rupert chappelle wrote:

> sorry gordon, but "noodle, experiment, explore,
> extemporise,
> > hone and rehearse." - that all sounds like practice
> to me.
>
>
For me, "practice" has connotations of repetitive drill exercises,  
which would bore the pants off me and drive me away from the theremin  
instantly. Rather, I use my theremin to therapeutic ends, to enter a  
meditative state where my body and mind are relaxed but focused. And  
to have fun and develop at the same time.

> i only do it when i am rolling video tape or have an
> audience.
>
Most of the time I am my entire audience.

> i don't know where you get all the energy to do all
> that other stuff.
>
A healthy, varied diet and wearing boxing gloves in bed.

Also relaxing doesn't require too much energy.

> i prefer to limit my exposure to the theremins etheric
> field to only once or perhaps twice a month to
> maintain an even keel and youthful glow. for i know
> what happens when one lingers too long and too often
> at the font of all frequencies.
>
I hesitate to ask. I'm sure you'll tell me in a moment...
> perhaps once a month is too much. but once you start
> chasing the gliss how can one be certain of anything.
> those notes between the notes, the ones which are not
> supposed to be heard, those that pull at the very
> fabric of time and space, they compel, the pull and
> they bend the very flesh of my phalanges whilst
> playing the etheric horror pulling the music from
> realms best left unheard and unspoken of but none of
> us can be blamed for we are but channels for that
> which has to form or substance yet from which form and
> substance issues from the both the monopole and the
> dipole.
>
Thank you. To summarise, if you play too long it can alter your sense  
of pitch and you turn into a sort of demonic Harry Partch?

Throbbing Gristle did that to me in 1978. I am quite beyond  
redemption, and utterly unrepentant.




Gordon Charlton
--
Hands Off 2007
the UK Theremin Symposium
http://theremin.org.uk