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*yawn*

Wake me up when you folks are done...
Zzzzzzzzzz

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> From: 	konkuro
> Reply To: 	wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: 	Thursday, July 1, 2004 2:43 PM
> To: 	wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: 	[wiardgroup] Re: Review of "Electric Sound" by Joel Chadabe
> 
> Just as I was saddling up my pinto to ride into the sunset, you HAD 
> to go ahead and post that review.
> 
> Haven't read the book, but couldn't agree with the reviewer more. 
> Outside of the fact that his style is even more bilious than my own, 
> *jai pence,* the man is outright inspired. In a single post, he has 
> summed up my feeling about the electronic medium and the 
> academic "composeurs" (John Cage springs to mind) who have long taken 
> refuge in it. Had Grant offered this sooner, you guys would have been 
> spared a lot of suffering.  :-)
> 
> John L. wrote:
> 
> >For some samples of superlative Electro-Acoustic music, check out 
> the snippets of Rick Petersen's works at the following location:
> http://www.wavemakers-synth.com/wm_music.html. These get kudos from 
> many visitors to my web site.<
> 
> Anybody who hasn't heard these pieces should unplug his Wogglebug(TM) 
> right now and hightail it to John's excellent site for a listen. I 
> consider these to be the best synth demos on the net. 
> 
> Grant wrote:
> 
> >Electronic music equipment designers have created a box of
> paints so enormous that you can't lift the lid anymore.<
> 
> This is another good one. Somebody needs to write a Book of 
> Richterian Quotations.
> 
> Hmmmmm... Could "Grant's Paintbox" become the next "Schrodinger's 
> Cat?"  :-)
> 
> There is nothing so limiting as "infinite possibilities."  When you 
> think about it, infinity is as good as zero.  That's a big reason I 
> have always preferred analog synths to digital synths. The 
> limitations they impose give you a framework in which to work. It's 
> like poetry. Forms such as sonnets, sestinas and haiku free the 
> writer by forcing him to conform to the metrical expectations of the 
> reader.  "Blank verse," on the other hand, is simply a paragraph 
> arranged in an amusing way (is it any wonder that the worst poetry 
> invariably falls into this ubiquitous category?). 
> 
> It is prudence to remember that great painters need only a few colors 
> to create masterpieces. They have no need of crayons marked "flesh 
> tone." So it is with analog synths. Bells, whistles and gewgaws only 
> clutter up the paintbox. The greatest freedom lies in limitation.
> 
> johnm
> 
> 
> 
>

Too much activity for you?

johnm

BTW, if amu pf you have heard the "OHM" CD anthology, you will know 
what the reviewer was talking about.



--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Robair, Gino" <GRobair@p...> 
wrote:
> *yawn*
> 
> Wake me up when you folks are done...
> Zzzzzzzzzz
> 
> > ----------
> > From: 	konkuro
> > Reply To: 	wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: 	Thursday, July 1, 2004 2:43 PM
> > To: 	wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: 	[wiardgroup] Re: Review of "Electric Sound" by Joel 
Chadabe
> > 
> > Just as I was saddling up my pinto to ride into the sunset, you 
HAD 
> > to go ahead and post that review.
> > 
> > Haven't read the book, but couldn't agree with the reviewer more. 
> > Outside of the fact that his style is even more bilious than my 
own, 
> > *jai pence,* the man is outright inspired. In a single post, he 
has 
> > summed up my feeling about the electronic medium and the 
> > academic "composeurs" (John Cage springs to mind) who have long 
taken 
> > refuge in it. Had Grant offered this sooner, you guys would have 
been 
> > spared a lot of suffering.  :-)
> > 
> > John L. wrote:
> > 
> > >For some samples of superlative Electro-Acoustic music, check 
out 
> > the snippets of Rick Petersen's works at the following location:
> > http://www.wavemakers-synth.com/wm_music.html. These get kudos 
from 
> > many visitors to my web site.<
> > 
> > Anybody who hasn't heard these pieces should unplug his Wogglebug
(TM) 
> > right now and hightail it to John's excellent site for a listen. 
I 
> > consider these to be the best synth demos on the net. 
> > 
> > Grant wrote:
> > 
> > >Electronic music equipment designers have created a box of
> > paints so enormous that you can't lift the lid anymore.<
> > 
> > This is another good one. Somebody needs to write a Book of 
> > Richterian Quotations.
> > 
> > Hmmmmm... Could "Grant's Paintbox" become the next "Schrodinger's 
> > Cat?"  :-)
> > 
> > There is nothing so limiting as "infinite possibilities."  When 
you 
> > think about it, infinity is as good as zero.  That's a big reason 
I 
> > have always preferred analog synths to digital synths. The 
> > limitations they impose give you a framework in which to work. 
It's 
> > like poetry. Forms such as sonnets, sestinas and haiku free the 
> > writer by forcing him to conform to the metrical expectations of 
the 
> > reader.  "Blank verse," on the other hand, is simply a paragraph 
> > arranged in an amusing way (is it any wonder that the worst 
poetry 
> > invariably falls into this ubiquitous category?). 
> > 
> > It is prudence to remember that great painters need only a few 
colors 
> > to create masterpieces. They have no need of crayons 
marked "flesh 
> > tone." So it is with analog synths. Bells, whistles and gewgaws 
only 

> > clutter up the paintbox. The greatest freedom lies in limitation.
> > 
> > johnm
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >