Music Theory: Case for the Prosecution

> The student who gets all wrapped up in pure tunings will grasp the > vast truth underlying the disorderly history of harmony, and gain the > background wisdom his contemporaries have missed - and will graduate > to find that there are only 400 people in the country he can converse > with, 200 of whom are weirdos.

This kills me. ;)

In context: http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2006/07/music_theory_case_for_the_pros.html

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* David Beardsley
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after going to a party the other might with a bunch commercial pros and cons, the conversation about gear was worse than any on this list, it made the tuning math list sound like a bunch of pagans

David Beardsley wrote:
>> The student who gets all wrapped up in pure tunings will grasp the >> vast truth underlying the disorderly history of harmony, and gain the >> background wisdom his contemporaries have missed - and will graduate >> to find that there are only 400 people in the country he can converse >> with, 200 of whom are weirdos.
>> >
>
> This kills me. ;)
>
> In context: > http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2006/07/music_theory_case_for_the_pros.html
>
> -- 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

Still it's funny.

I know what you mean about gear heads. Those Yahoo guitar lists are
full of that. One guy was going on about how much the type of screw
in the bridge was changing the tone. After months of buying and selling guitars,
another fellow started writing about how he started carrying a guitar pick
around the house to get used to holding it.

Kraig Grady wrote:

>after going to a party the other might with a bunch commercial pros and >cons, the conversation about gear was worse than any on this list, it >made the tuning math list sound like a bunch of pagans
>
>David Beardsley wrote:
> >
>>>The student who gets all wrapped up in pure tunings will grasp the >>>vast truth underlying the disorderly history of harmony, and gain the >>>background wisdom his contemporaries have missed - and will graduate >>>to find that there are only 400 people in the country he can converse >>>with, 200 of whom are weirdos.
>>> >>> >>>
>>This kills me. ;)
>>
>>In context: >>http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2006/07/music_theory_case_for_the_pros.html
>>
>> >> >>
>
> >

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* David Beardsley
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There may be 200 wierdos, but Kyle is the Fonz.

Joe

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, David Beardsley <db@...>
wrote:
>
> > The student who gets all wrapped up in pure tunings will grasp
the
> > vast truth underlying the disorderly history of harmony, and
gain the
> > background wisdom his contemporaries have missed - and will
graduate
> > to find that there are only 400 people in the country he can
converse
> > with, 200 of whom are weirdos.
>
>
> This kills me. ;)
>
> In context:
>
http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2006/07/music_theory_case_for_
the_pros.html
>
> --
> * David Beardsley
> * microtonal guitar
> * http://biink.com/db
>

they are all funny, t myself too (especially the more humorless i get)

David Beardsley wrote:
> Still it's funny.
>
> I know what you mean about gear heads. Those Yahoo guitar lists are
> full of that. One guy was going on about how much the type of screw
> in the bridge was changing the tone. After months of buying and selling > guitars,
> another fellow started writing about how he started carrying a guitar pick
> around the house to get used to holding it.
>
>
> Kraig Grady wrote:
>
> >> after going to a party the other might with a bunch commercial pros and >> cons, the conversation about gear was worse than any on this list, it >> made the tuning math list sound like a bunch of pagans
>>
>> David Beardsley wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>> The student who gets all wrapped up in pure tunings will grasp the >>>> vast truth underlying the disorderly history of harmony, and gain the >>>> background wisdom his contemporaries have missed - and will graduate >>>> to find that there are only 400 people in the country he can converse >>>> with, 200 of whom are weirdos.
>>>> >>>> >>>>
>>>> >>> This kills me. ;)
>>>
>>> In context: >>> http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2006/07/music_theory_case_for_the_pros.html
>>>
>>> >>> >>>
>>> >> >>
>> >
>
> -- 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

db,

{you wrote...}
>- and will graduate to find that there are only 400 people in the country he can converse with, 200 of whom are weirdos.
>
>This kills me. ;)

No kidding. How could Kyle undercount the weirdos so drastically???

Cheers,
Jon

Ah, but it's jokes like these that cheer me up.

Kraig Grady wrote:

>they are all funny, t myself too (especially the more humorless i get)
>
>David Beardsley wrote:
> >
>>Still it's funny.
>>
>>I know what you mean about gear heads. Those Yahoo guitar lists are
>>full of that. One guy was going on about how much the type of screw
>>in the bridge was changing the tone. After months of buying and selling >>guitars,
>>another fellow started writing about how he started carrying a guitar pick
>>around the house to get used to holding it.
>>
>>
>>Kraig Grady wrote:
>>
>> >> >>
>>>after going to a party the other might with a bunch commercial pros and >>>cons, the conversation about gear was worse than any on this list, it >>>made the tuning math list sound like a bunch of pagans
>>>
>>>David Beardsley wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> >>>
>>>>>The student who gets all wrapped up in pure tunings will grasp the >>>>>vast truth underlying the disorderly history of harmony, and gain the >>>>>background wisdom his contemporaries have missed - and will graduate >>>>>to find that there are only 400 people in the country he can converse >>>>>with, 200 of whom are weirdos.
>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>
>>>>This kills me. ;)
>>>>
>>>>In context: >>>>http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2006/07/music_theory_case_for_the_pros.html
>>>>
>>>> >>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> >>>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> >>>
>> >> >>
>
> >

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Jon Szanto wrote:

>db,
>
>{you wrote...}
> >
>>- and will graduate to find that there are only 400 people in the country he can converse with, 200 of whom are weirdos.
>>
>>This kills me. ;)
>> >>
>
>No kidding. How could Kyle undercount the weirdos so drastically???
> >

Oh man...that's even funnier. Dang musicans! ;)

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* David Beardsley
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Thought ya'll might enjoy the joke. I was kidding, of course. All 400 are weirdos.

Cheers,

KG

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Jon Szanto <jszanto@...> wrote:
>
> db,
>
> {you wrote...}
> >- and will graduate to find that there are only 400 people in the country he can
converse with, 200 of whom are weirdos.
> >
> >This kills me. ;)
>
> No kidding. How could Kyle undercount the weirdos so drastically???
>
> Cheers,
> Jon
>

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, David Beardsley <db@...> wrote:
>
> In context:
>
http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2006/07/music_theory_case_for_th
e_pros.html

"One more way that the visual arts has us beat: doing figurative
drawing with live models. That's a euphemism for being allowed to
stare at a naked person for several hours at a time. How can music
compete with that?"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/19/national/main1727182.shtml?
source=RSS&attr=U.S._1727182?CMP=ILC-SearchStories

-Stephen