Disklavier

not sure i know what you mean by this.

On 6/27/2013 12:40 PM, Richard Banks wrote:
> Boy..
> Some people take themselves a little too seriously ..
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 27, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Horatio Kemeny <hkemeny@... 
> <mailto:hkemeny@...>> wrote:
>
>> Spencer, I think we'll have to disagree on your conclusions. I'm not 
>> sure what to make of your statement that someone who knows a piece of 
>> music too well might actually be impairing their ability to 
>> experience it fully. I would submit the exact opposite.
>>
>>
>> As a very simple experiment, do this. Find some obscure piece you've 
>> never heard, something for a quartet or quintet. Listen to the piece 
>> two or three times. Although you'll be noticing little things each 
>> subsequent time, it's pretty much the same piece.
>>
>> Now listen to it again, but specifically focus on only one 
>> instrument. Violin, cello, whatever. Do this for all the different 
>> instruments (which I why I suggest something with less 
>> instrumentation). After listening to the last isolated instrument, 
>> now listen again, at the whole thing. You will hear everything the 
>> composer intended, and you've done so by familiarizing yourself with 
>> every nuance, not how it sounds as a whole, but independently. But 
>> the human brain is fantastic at combining all that information, 
>> creating a whole that's far bigger than the sum of the parts. Indeed, 
>> that's what good music is\u2026 so to go after professional musicians as 
>> being too close to the music to truly appreciate it\u2026 well, no.
>>
>> On the other topic, I'm not sure ahas the Android app does. The 
>> iPhone app allows pretty much all of the control available, including 
>> the ability to search and access all of the stored content\u2026 in a very 
>> convenient and intuitive manner.
>>
>> While on that topic I have a question regarding the internal HDD, but 
>> that belongs in its own thread\u2026 I'll write a separate message.
>>
>> \u2026..HK
>>
>>
>> On Jun 27, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Spencer Chase <lists@... 
>> <mailto:lists@...>> wrote:
>>
>>> I guess I am just jealous ebcause I don't have an Iphone. seriously, 
>>> the few times I used my Android to control the piano were just to 
>>> "impress" guests and as you suggest,they were more impressed with 
>>> the technology than the music.  I have found that very few people 
>>> really care to listen to music other than as background. generally, 
>>> i find background music annoying even if it is great music. i feel 
>>> like a hearing impaired person (which i will be at some point 
>>> because it runs in my family) who is missing a lot and prefer to 
>>> just have conversation with friends without the distraction. when i 
>>> do listen to music i often change my decision as to what to listen 
>>> to next based on how i responded to what i last heard and like to 
>>> have a clear large display and all the tools media monkey has to 
>>> offer to make the browsing and choices easier. if i had a better 
>>> memory or better touchscreen skills maybe i could get by with a 
>>> phone. i am amazed at my niece's ability to navigate her phone. i 
>>> can find things faster on my computer or tablet but she is a close 
>>> second.
>>>
>>> i probably responded too snarkily because it annoys me that there is 
>>> so much great music and that most people only get a small part of it 
>>> by not listening. i now understand the frustration of my high school 
>>> music teachers. it has been proven in several recent studies that 
>>> people are much worse at multi tasking than they think and that the 
>>> people who think they are good at it are usually the worst. if you 
>>> are a professional musician and have heard a piece a million times, 
>>> you might be able to hear it and even evaluate it critically while 
>>> engaged in conversation but i still think you can not really 
>>> experience it fully as a complex communication between the composer 
>>> and listener.
>>>
>>> On 6/27/2013 8:26 AM, Edward Mitoma wrote:
>>>> Wow Horatio is sensitive!
>>>>
>>>> I use multiple methods...PC, Mac and iOS devices.  For seriously 
>>>> listening and yes backround music at parties.  The phone is simply 
>>>> a much easier way to do this.  I have a larger file system 
>>>> accessible by computer.  But controlling  Disklavier Radio via iOS 
>>>> is just much more convenient.   That is why someone would want to 
>>>> use a phone.  Plus it amazes your friends even more than the 
>>>> amazing piano does on it's own.  Snarky is as snarky does...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Best regards, Spencer Chase
>>> 67550-Bell Springs Rd.
>>> Garberville, CA 95542 Postal service only.
>>> Laytonville, CA 95454 UPS only.
>>> Spencer@...
>>> http://www.spencerserolls.com
>>> (707) 984-8356
>>> (425) 791-0309
>>>
>>
> 

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Best regards, Spencer Chase
67550-Bell Springs Rd.
Garberville, CA 95542 Postal service only.
Laytonville, CA 95454 UPS only.
Spencer@...
http://www.spencerserolls.com
(707) 984-8356
(425) 791-0309