Willie McBlind in NYC 3/28

13 limit ji blues with Jon Catler & Meredith Borden:

http://microtones.com/new_gigs.htm

At 09:53 PM 3/13/2007, you wrote:
>13 limit ji blues with Jon Catler & Meredith Borden:
>
>http://microtones.com/new_gigs.htm

Sweet. Some of the best musicians on the planet, for
sure. I'm cursing that I've never seen them live.

-Carl

Hi Carl,

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Carl Lumma <ekin@...> wrote:
>
> At 09:53 PM 3/13/2007, you wrote:
>
> > 13 limit ji blues with Jon Catler & Meredith Borden:
> >
> > http://microtones.com/new_gigs.htm
>
> Sweet. Some of the best musicians on the planet, for
> sure. I'm cursing that I've never seen them live.

Oh yes, you have been missing out! Meredith's voice is
amazing, and Jon's guitar playing and composing even more so.

There are times when i *really* miss New York ...

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

At 09:53 PM 3/13/2007, you wrote:
>13 limit ji blues with Jon Catler & Meredith Borden:
>
>http://microtones.com/new_gigs.htm

I finally got a chance to listen to the album last week.

It's good. It's obvious right from the start that there's
genius-level musical talent behind it. And the microtones
sound sweeet.

But to me the album can't quite decide if it's blues or
metal (though I admit this seems to work OK for the Rolling
Stones), instrumental or vocal. And when we do get vocals,
the Tom Waits impression fails to inspire. And Meredith's
voice is accurate and sweet, but it lacks power and this
sometimes gets her into trouble.

All told, it's an indispensable album for microtonalists
but falls somewhere short of an all-out masterpiece like
Crash Landing.

-Carl

I've been listening to this more. When given the choice
between listening to music in extended JI and listening to
music not in extended JI, recent history suggests I prefer
the former.

And I'm liking it more. My criticisms stand, but I shouldn't
let them obscure the fact that this album kicks serious butt.

If Partch was the Monteverdi of just intonation, Jon Catler
must be the John Dowland.

Meredith's vocals remind me of the ones Donna Godchaux
supplied for the Grateful Dead in the '70s.

-Carl

At 01:10 AM 4/22/2007, I wrote:
>At 09:53 PM 3/13/2007, you wrote:
>>13 limit ji blues with Jon Catler & Meredith Borden:
>>
>>http://microtones.com/new_gigs.htm
>
>I finally got a chance to listen to the album last week.
>
>It's good. It's obvious right from the start that there's
>genius-level musical talent behind it. And the microtones
>sound sweeet.
>
>But to me the album can't quite decide if it's blues or
>metal (though I admit this seems to work OK for the Rolling
>Stones), instrumental or vocal. And when we do get vocals,
>the Tom Waits impression fails to inspire. And Meredith's
>voice is accurate and sweet, but it lacks power and this
>sometimes gets her into trouble.
>
>All told, it's an indispensable album for microtonalists
>but falls somewhere short of an all-out masterpiece like
>Crash Landing.
>
>-Carl