Yahoo Tuning Groups Ultimate Backup makemicromusic David Beardsley String Quartet Radio Premiere

The radio premiere of David Beardsley's (http://biink.com/db/index.htm) 30-minute 2004
string quartet "as beautiful as a crescent of a new moon on a cloudless spring evening" as
performed by Christina Fong (http://christinafong.com) can be heard at 11pm PST Friday
July 7th on KALW 91.7 FM's "Music from Other Minds" in San Francisco and also via the
internet at http://rchrd.com/mfom.

David's piece was submitted for a project initiated on the "Why Patterns?" discussion list.
"For Feldman" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F3T3PK) is second in a series
featuring previously unreleased works by emerging composers. This 96kHz|24bit Audio
DVD (plays in any DVD player) contains 4 world premiere recordings and the only available
release of 3 works by Morton Feldman.

One day after dinner, Morton was sitting at the kitchen table having a taste of water,
thinking about a carpet or two, when electricity discontinued. Sun set and awareness
gradually changed to wonder as he saw the beauty of the crescent of a new moon on a
cloudless spring evening passing by the windows. Many years later, Morton awoke on his
couch from an afternoon nap. Venus, the cat, leapt off the window where she was sleeping
permitting sunlight to pass through a glass reclining on a table. "That is" he thought, "as
beautiful as a crescent of a new moon on a cloudless spring evening".

This piece is tuned to the system known as Just Intonation, rational intervals from the
harmonic series.

🔗Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@...>

Congratulations David!!!

Glenn Freeman wrote:
> The radio premiere of David Beardsley's (http://biink.com/db/index.htm) 30-minute 2004 > string quartet "as beautiful as a crescent of a new moon on a cloudless spring evening" as > performed by Christina Fong (http://christinafong.com) can be heard at 11pm PST Friday > July 7th on KALW 91.7 FM's "Music from Other Minds" in San Francisco and also via the > internet at http://rchrd.com/mfom.
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> David's piece was submitted for a project initiated on the "Why Patterns?" discussion list. > "For Feldman" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F3T3PK) is second in a series > featuring previously unreleased works by emerging composers. This 96kHz|24bit Audio > DVD (plays in any DVD player) contains 4 world premiere recordings and the only available > release of 3 works by Morton Feldman.
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> One day after dinner, Morton was sitting at the kitchen table having a taste of water, > thinking about a carpet or two, when electricity discontinued. Sun set and awareness > gradually changed to wonder as he saw the beauty of the crescent of a new moon on a > cloudless spring evening passing by the windows. Many years later, Morton awoke on his > couch from an afternoon nap. Venus, the cat, leapt off the window where she was sleeping > permitting sunlight to pass through a glass reclining on a table. "That is" he thought, "as > beautiful as a crescent of a new moon on a cloudless spring evening". >
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The Wandering Medicine Show
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🔗Jon Szanto <jszanto@...>

🔗Dave Seidel <dave@...>

Cool, just pre-ordered the DVD.

- Dave

Glenn Freeman wrote:
> The radio premiere of David Beardsley's (http://biink.com/db/index.htm) 30-minute 2004 > string quartet "as beautiful as a crescent of a new moon on a cloudless spring evening" as > performed by Christina Fong (http://christinafong.com) can be heard at 11pm PST Friday > July 7th on KALW 91.7 FM's "Music from Other Minds" in San Francisco and also via the > internet at http://rchrd.com/mfom.
> > David's piece was submitted for a project initiated on the "Why Patterns?" discussion list. > "For Feldman" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F3T3PK) is second in a series > featuring previously unreleased works by emerging composers. This 96kHz|24bit Audio > DVD (plays in any DVD player) contains 4 world premiere recordings and the only available > release of 3 works by Morton Feldman.
> > One day after dinner, Morton was sitting at the kitchen table having a taste of water, > thinking about a carpet or two, when electricity discontinued. Sun set and awareness > gradually changed to wonder as he saw the beauty of the crescent of a new moon on a > cloudless spring evening passing by the windows. Many years later, Morton awoke on his > couch from an afternoon nap. Venus, the cat, leapt off the window where she was sleeping > permitting sunlight to pass through a glass reclining on a table. "That is" he thought, "as > beautiful as a crescent of a new moon on a cloudless spring evening". > > This piece is tuned to the system known as Just Intonation, rational intervals from the > harmonic series.
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🔗mopani <mopani@...>

I've always liked your music David and I'll try to hear this piece.

james

----- Original Message -----
From: Kraig Grady
To: MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [MMM] David Beardsley String Quartet Radio Premiere

Congratulations David!!!

Glenn Freeman wrote:
> The radio premiere of David Beardsley's (http://biink.com/db/index.htm) 30-minute 2004
> string quartet "as beautiful as a crescent of a new moon on a cloudless spring evening" as
> performed by Christina Fong (http://christinafong.com) can be heard at 11pm PST Friday
> July 7th on KALW 91.7 FM's "Music from Other Minds" in San Francisco and also via the
> internet at http://rchrd.com/mfom.
>
> David's piece was submitted for a project initiated on the "Why Patterns?" discussion list.
> "For Feldman" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F3T3PK) is second in a series
> featuring previously unreleased works by emerging composers. This 96kHz|24bit Audio
> DVD (plays in any DVD player) contains 4 world premiere recordings and the only available
> release of 3 works by Morton Feldman.
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> One day after dinner, Morton was sitting at the kitchen table having a taste of water,
> thinking about a carpet or two, when electricity discontinued. Sun set and awareness
> gradually changed to wonder as he saw the beauty of the crescent of a new moon on a
> cloudless spring evening passing by the windows. Many years later, Morton awoke on his
> couch from an afternoon nap. Venus, the cat, leapt off the window where she was sleeping
> permitting sunlight to pass through a glass reclining on a table. "That is" he thought, "as
> beautiful as a crescent of a new moon on a cloudless spring evening".
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> This piece is tuned to the system known as Just Intonation, rational intervals from the
> harmonic series.
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The Wandering Medicine Show
KXLU <http://www.kxlu.com/main.html> 88.9 FM Wed 8-9 pm Los Angeles

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For those who missed it, you can listen anytime until July 15th by clicking the below link ...

http://rchrd.com/mfom/mfom.m3u

Glenn Freeman wrote:

> The radio premiere of David Beardsley's (http://biink.com/db/index.htm) 30-minute 2004
> string quartet "as beautiful as a crescent of a new moon on a cloudless spring evening" as
> performed by Christina Fong (http://christinafong.com) can be heard at 11pm PST Friday
> July 7th on KALW 91.7 FM's "Music from Other Minds" in San Francisco and also via the
> internet at http://rchrd.com/mfom

🔗monz <monz@...>

Hi David,

Very nice. I love the part where it sounds like the
cello and viola, the viola holding a 7/6 above
the cello for a long time, then at 12:07 moving up
to a 5/4 which it holds for a long time.

-monz
http://tonalsoft.com
Tonescape microtonal music software

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "Glenn Freeman" <glennf@...> wrote:
>
> For those who missed it, you can listen anytime until
> July 15th by clicking the below link ...
>
> http://rchrd.com/mfom/mfom.m3u
>
> Glenn Freeman wrote:
>
> > The radio premiere of David Beardsley's
> >(http://biink.com/db/index.htm) 30-minute 2004
> > string quartet "as beautiful as a crescent of a new moon
> > on a cloudless spring evening" as performed by Christina Fong
> > (http://christinafong.com) can be heard at 11pm PST Friday
> > July 7th on KALW 91.7 FM's "Music from Other Minds"
> > in San Francisco and also via the internet at
> > http://rchrd.com/mfom

🔗Carl Lumma <ekin@...>

🔗Glenn Freeman <glennf@...>

🔗David Beardsley <db@...>

🔗Carl Lumma <ekin@...>

🔗mopani <mopani@...>

Just listened to this beautiful piece. Well done to David for getting this recorded. I'd love to hear it live or even over a four channel system like the one we have in Jedburgh's Arts Centre.

I get schoolmarmish replies when I submit polyphonic JI works and have to resort to using sine tones and FM synths of which more later. I have however worked out a feasible scordatura for each of the instruments of a 2vl, 2vla and vcl string quintet, ie 20 individual strings, which gives me the tones of a 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 Eikosany. The players articulate the tones with or without natural harmonics at one of the three octaves. Finding a willing quintet is another matter...

best

james

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🔗Magnus Jonsson <magnus@...>

David,

Were you aiming at inducing alpha brain waves in the end of the piece? I'm thinking about the beating effect.

-Magnus

> --- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "Glenn Freeman" <glennf@...> wrote:
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>> For those who missed it, you can listen anytime until
>> July 15th by clicking the below link ...
>>
>> http://rchrd.com/mfom/mfom.m3u
>>
>> Glenn Freeman wrote:
>>
>>> The radio premiere of David Beardsley's
>>> (http://biink.com/db/index.htm) 30-minute 2004
>>> string quartet "as beautiful as a crescent of a new moon
>>> on a cloudless spring evening" as performed by Christina Fong
>>> (http://christinafong.com) can be heard at 11pm PST Friday
>>> July 7th on KALW 91.7 FM's "Music from Other Minds"
>>> in San Francisco and also via the internet at
>>> http://rchrd.com/mfom
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🔗David Beardsley <db@...>

Carl Lumma wrote:

>>>>For those who missed it, you can listen anytime until July 15th
>>>>by clicking the below link ...
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>>>>http://rchrd.com/mfom/mfom.m3u
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>>>What time does it start?
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>>anytime until July 15th.
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>In the file...
>

about half ways, the piece is 30 min long.

--
* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db

🔗David Beardsley <db@...>

mopani wrote:

>Just listened to this beautiful piece. Well done to David for getting this recorded. I'd love to hear it live or even over a four channel system like the one we have in Jedburgh's Arts Centre.
> >
I'm looking for a performance in NYC, I'd like to hear it live too!

>I get schoolmarmish replies when I submit polyphonic JI works and have to resort to using sine tones and FM synths of which more later. I have however worked out a feasible scordatura for each of the instruments of a 2vl, 2vla and vcl string quintet, ie 20 individual strings, which gives me the tones of a 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 Eikosany. The players articulate the tones with or without natural harmonics at one of the three octaves. Finding a willing quintet is another matter...
>
>best
>
>james
>
Sounds interesting.

--
* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db

🔗David Beardsley <db@...>

monz wrote:

>Hi David,
>
>Very nice. I love the part where it sounds like the >cello and viola, the viola holding a 7/6 above
>the cello for a long time, then at 12:07 moving up
>to a 5/4 which it holds for a long time.
>
Thanks and I have a lot of favorite spots too. I plan to explore
microtonal slides a bit more in the future.

--
* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db

🔗David Beardsley <db@...>

David Beardsley wrote:

>monz wrote:
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>>Hi David,
>>
>>Very nice. I love the part where it sounds like the >>cello and viola, the viola holding a 7/6 above
>>the cello for a long time, then at 12:07 moving up
>>to a 5/4 which it holds for a long time.
>>
>> >>
>Thanks and I have a lot of favorite spots too. I plan to explore
>microtonal slides a bit more in the future.
> >

Maybe a better term would be chromatic microtonal motion? We were not sliding there.

--
* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db

🔗Jacob <jbarton@...>

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Magnus Jonsson <magnus@...> wrote:
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> David,
>
> Were you aiming at inducing alpha brain waves in the end of the
piece? I'm
> thinking about the beating effect.

Related question from the sharpshooter-ear - Is that one A-half-sharp
33/32? I don't remember hearing it with 11/8 so I wasn't sure.

Good notes! (I had fun playing along on my brother's old viola.)

-Jocob

🔗David Beardsley <db@...>

Jacob wrote:

>--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Magnus Jonsson <magnus@...> wrote:
> >
>>David,
>>
>>Were you aiming at inducing alpha brain waves in the end of the
>> >>
>piece? I'm > >
>>thinking about the beating effect.
>> >>
>
>Related question from the sharpshooter-ear - Is that one A-half-sharp
>33/32? I don't remember hearing it with 11/8 so I wasn't sure.
>
>Good notes! (I had fun playing along on my brother's old viola.)
>
Good spot, it sure is!

--
* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db

🔗Dante Rosati <dante@...>

🔗David Beardsley <db@...>

🔗Dante Rosati <dante@...>

🔗Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@...>

Thanks for sharing these pieces.
It is great to hear your music

Dante Rosa ti wrote:
> Hiya-
>
> another new one "C Squat Krustie Breakdown" can be snatched here:
>
> http://nagarjuna.onlinestoragesolution.com/new%20ji/
>
> this piece completes my exploration of microtonal bluegrass music (I
> promise) ;-)
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> Dante
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> -- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>
The Wandering Medicine Show
KXLU <http://www.kxlu.com/main.html> 88.9 FM Wed 8-9 pm Los Angeles

🔗Joe <tamahome02000@...>

🔗Carl Lumma <ekin@...>

🔗Dante Rosati <dante@...>

🔗Jon Szanto <jszanto@...>

Dante,

{you wrote...}
>another new one "C Squat Krustie Breakdown" can be snatched here:

Completely smile-inducing! What a treat to start the week, I love the slow section that really pokes you in the eye with the tiny notes. I'd love to hear this on a nice steel string acoustic too.

Are you aware of the beautiful guitar work of Mark Orton in Tin Hat Trio (now Quartet)? Not overtly microtonal, but he does a lot of slide work with real slack tunings, and the fact that he studied with Ben Johnston at least adds some spice to the influences.

That aside, thanks for the fine playing and writing on this sunny Monday...

Cheers,
Jon

🔗yahya_melb <yahya@...>

Dante,

Totally delicious!

And lovely contrasts in texture and pace, too.

Thank you *so* much.

Why would promise not to furhter explore this path? Beats me!

Regards,
Yahya

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Jon Szanto wrote:
>
> Dante,
>
> {you wrote...}
> >another new one "C Squat Krustie Breakdown" can be snatched here:
>
> Completely smile-inducing! What a treat to start the week, I love
the slow section that really pokes you in the eye with the tiny
notes. I'd love to hear this on a nice steel string acoustic too.
>
> Are you aware of the beautiful guitar work of Mark Orton in Tin
Hat Trio (now Quartet)? Not overtly microtonal, but he does a lot of
slide work with real slack tunings, and the fact that he studied
with Ben Johnston at least adds some spice to the influences.
>
> That aside, thanks for the fine playing and writing on this sunny
Monday...
>
> Cheers,
> Jon

🔗Dante Rosati <dante@...>

🔗Carl Lumma <ekin@...>

🔗Dante Rosati <dante@...>

>Completely smile-inducing! What a treat to start the week, I love
>the slow section that really pokes you in the eye with the tiny
>notes. I'd love to hear this on a nice steel string acoustic too.
>
>Are you aware of the beautiful guitar work of Mark Orton in Tin
>Hat Trio (now Quartet)? Not overtly microtonal, but he does a lot
>of slide work with real slack tunings, and the fact that he
>studied with Ben Johnston at least adds some spice to the influences.
>
>That aside, thanks for the fine playing and writing on this sunny Monday...
>
>Cheers,
>Jon

Thanks Jon, glad you liked it. I'm not familiar with Mark Orton but I will
keep an eye out.

peace

Dante

🔗Dante Rosati <dante@...>

🔗Aaron Krister Johnson <aaron@...>

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "Dante Rosati" <dante@...> wrote:
>
> Hiya-
>
> another new one "C Squat Krustie Breakdown" can be snatched here:
>
> http://nagarjuna.onlinestoragesolution.com/new%20ji/
>
> this piece completes my exploration of microtonal bluegrass music (I
> promise) ;-)

I hope not! Loved it!

You've taken Leo Kottke, and added microtonality and your own
personality, and the results are nothing short of amazing.

-Aaron.

🔗David Beardsley <db@...>

Dante Rosati wrote:

>Hiya-
>
>another new one "C Squat Krustie Breakdown" can be snatched here:
>
>http://nagarjuna.onlinestoragesolution.com/new%20ji/
>
>this piece completes my exploration of microtonal bluegrass music (I
>promise) ;-)
>

It shouldn't, this is very cool. Album! Tour!

--
* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db

🔗Dante Rosati <dante@...>

>I hope not! Loved it!
>
>You've taken Leo Kottke, and added microtonality and your own
>personality, and the results are nothing short of amazing.
>
>-Aaron.

thanks Aaron. i guess the most ideomatic finger-picking guitar styles are on
the one hand the line from early blues and bluegrass through guitarists like
Kottke, and on the other hand flamenco. I dont know what you'd call Arbor
Low or Piera - more classical oriented i guess.

thanks

Dante

🔗Dante Rosati <dante@...>

>It shouldn't, this is very cool. Album! Tour!
>

>* David Beardsley
>* microtonal guitar
>* http://biink.com/db

thanks David- so far i only have 17 min. of music and the two earliest
pieces i cant even remember how to play live, so not quite ready for either
yet! Maybe we need to put together an east coast microtonal guitar fest.
You, me, Catler, Erlich (did he fall off the edge of the world or
something?)- we could get Neil over here as an honorary east-coaster-
anybody else?

Dante

🔗David Beardsley <db@...>

Dante Rosati wrote:

>>It shouldn't, this is very cool. Album! Tour!
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>> >>
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> >
>>* David Beardsley
>>* microtonal guitar
>>* http://biink.com/db
>> >>
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>thanks David- so far i only have 17 min. of music and the two earliest
>pieces i cant even remember how to play live, so not quite ready for either
>yet! Maybe we need to put together an east coast microtonal guitar fest.
>You, me, Catler, Erlich (did he fall off the edge of the world or
>something?)- we could get Neil over here as an honorary east-coaster-
>anybody else?
>
I'd have to be invited. & Rod Poole too?

--
* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db

🔗Dante Rosati <dante@...>

Maybe we need to put together an east coast microtonal guitar fest.
>>You, me, Catler, Erlich (did he fall off the edge of the world or
>>something?)- we could get Neil over here as an honorary east-coaster-
>>anybody else?
>>
>I'd have to be invited. & Rod Poole too?

I thought you were local. dont you live in tristate area? I seem to recall a
recent discussion that placed poole in Cali.

🔗Jon Szanto <jszanto@...>

🔗David Beardsley <db@...>

Dante Rosati wrote:

>Maybe we need to put together an east coast microtonal guitar fest.
> >
>>>You, me, Catler, Erlich (did he fall off the edge of the world or
>>>something?)- we could get Neil over here as an honorary east-coaster-
>>>anybody else?
>>>
>>> >>>
>>I'd have to be invited. & Rod Poole too?
>> >>
>
>I thought you were local. dont you live in tristate area? >
New Jersey...down by the banks of the mighty Rahway river.

>I seem to recall a
>recent discussion that placed poole in Cali.
>
yes LA.

--
* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db

🔗Dante Rosati <dante@...>

🔗Jon Szanto <jszanto@...>

Dante,

{you wrote...}
>thats what i remembered- i thought you said you'd have to be invited because
>you weren't east coast?

You are completely missing db's tongue-in-cheek humor, as this relates to a thread a week or so ago about the various guitarists that were and were not being invited to a microtonal guitar fest in the NW.

Once again, Beardsley's humor flies under the radar... :)

Cheers,
Jon

🔗Dante Rosati <dante@...>

>{you wrote...}
>>thats what i remembered- i thought you said you'd have to be
>invited because
>>you weren't east coast?
>
>You are completely missing db's tongue-in-cheek humor, as this
>relates to a thread a week or so ago about the various guitarists
>that were and were not being invited to a microtonal guitar fest in the NW.
>
>Once again, Beardsley's humor flies under the radar... :)
>
>Cheers,
>Jon

ok now i get it. well the east coast microtonal guitar fest will be open to
one and all. anyone who shows up with a microtonal guitar will get to play.
I just figured that the folks that live around here will be more likely to
show up.

So my list of folks who live around here so far is:

David Beardsley
Jon Catler
Paul Erlich
Moi

those who dont exactly live around here but would be most welcome if they
can make it here:

Neil Haverstick
Rod Poole
John Schneider
Wim Hoogewerf

any other likely suspects that should be on these lists will be added as
they are mentioned...

Neil will actually be in NYC for the fretless guitar gigs at the Knitting
Factory in late Sept, so it might be ideal to have it then?

🔗David Beardsley <db@...>

Dante Rosati wrote:

>>{you wrote...}
>> >>
>>>thats what i remembered- i thought you said you'd have to be
>>> >>>
>>invited because
>> >>
>>>you weren't east coast?
>>> >>>
>>You are completely missing db's tongue-in-cheek humor, as this
>>relates to a thread a week or so ago about the various guitarists
>>that were and were not being invited to a microtonal guitar fest in the NW.
>>
>>Once again, Beardsley's humor flies under the radar... :)
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Jon
>> >>
>
>ok now i get it. well the east coast microtonal guitar fest will be open to
>one and all. anyone who shows up with a microtonal guitar will get to play.
>I just figured that the folks that live around here will be more likely to
>show up.
>
>So my list of folks who live around here so far is:
>
>David Beardsley
>Jon Catler
>Paul Erlich
>Moi
>
>those who dont exactly live around here but would be most welcome if they
>can make it here:
>
>Neil Haverstick
>Rod Poole
>John Schneider
>Wim Hoogewerf
>
>any other likely suspects that should be on these lists will be added as
>they are mentioned...
>
>Neil will actually be in NYC for the fretless guitar gigs at the Knitting
>Factory in late Sept, so it might be ideal to have it then?
>
If a venue can be found that quick...

--
* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db

🔗David Beardsley <db@...>

Jon Szanto wrote:

>Dante,
>
>{you wrote...}
> >
>>thats what i remembered- i thought you said you'd have to be invited because
>>you weren't east coast?
>> >>
>
>You are completely missing db's tongue-in-cheek humor, as this relates to a thread a week or so ago about the various guitarists that were and were not being invited to a microtonal guitar fest in the NW.
>
>Once again, Beardsley's humor flies under the radar... :)
>

something like that...

--
* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db