Wiardgroup

Doug wrote:

>(John, seriously, given the opinions you've expressed about
"art" and "beauty", you would probably find most of the music I've 
worked on to be offensive [some of it probably could be characterized 
as the aural equivalent of "dog crap on canvas"], and the remainder 
to be trite and dull.<

Now now! Don't be too sure of that. My record collection is chock 
full o' experimental and atonal music. In fact, I just bought yet 
another such record off of ebay. Contrary to popular belief, I'm 
quite open minded and when I listen, I *really listen.* Hence anybody 
who gives a performance or posts an MP3 can count on my full 
attention. No chatting, no reading email, etc.

>But you're certainly welcome the next time I perform, and if there's 
another bay area modular get-together, feel free to try out some 
melodic patches on my Wiard<

You would not want to hear me perform.  :-)  Now, whatsay we petition 
Gino to get the lead out and organize another gathering? The last one 
was most educational. My lord, did you hear the reverb on that VCS-
3?!  How did they do that?

>"Primarily Intended for certain kind(s) of music" I'll certainly 
grant you (although I wouldn't want to secondarily-guess Grant's - or 
Don's - intentions).<

Leave that to me.  :-)

> Just not "... they were limited to one kind of music" (1225). Fair 
enough?<

Almost. How many melodic Buchla records can you name?

johnm (now back from my peregrinations, if that's how you spell it, 
and with a whopping ear infection--to which I'm prone. What, is it 
the headphones?)