Re: [MMM] New music? No way...

Jon,

Hey that's no fair, what a tease you are! I may be jumping the gun a
bit, but from the two fragments you've posted, I think I'm getting a
sense of a musical personality, and it's a very nice one indeed.

First off, you share Jacky's penchant for crystalline, pro sounding
recordings--apparently your stuff is just always going to sound good,
and who can argue with that. Style wise I'm getting a sort of ethnic
fusion vibe in the general neighborhood of Jacky's Fourth World
leanings as well, but closer to say Michael William Gilbert than
someone like Hassell maybe... in any event I can tell that you've got
one great sounding, full-length microtonal project up your sleeve, and
I for one can't wait until you find the time and the frame of mind to
make it happen--go Jon go!

thanks,

--Dan Stearns

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan M. Szanto" <JSZANTO@...>
To: "CMM" <MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:02 AM
Subject: [MMM] New music? No way...

> Listlings,
>
> Yep, it's true. What could be worse than some dickwad starting a
list about
> making microtonal music and then the yozo doesn't even make any? How
come
> people didn't stir up a fuss.
>
> Well, be that as it may, I just posted an extremely short piece of
... I
> hesitate to call it 'music' as it would demean the art. If nothing
else, it
> shows that I now have a setup, that I know how to make Scala speak
to the
> TX81Z, TX802, and DX11 (thanks Joseph, and thanks Manuel for
Scala!). This
> doesn't amount to much more than noodling, but I wanted to just
offer up
> some calculated noises in proof of my actually having gotten around
to it!
>
> http://www.microtonal.org/mp3/five_drops.mp3
>
> "Five Drops in the Desert", an improvisation in Archytas Enharmonic,
using
> Scala, TX81Z, DX11, JV-1080, and R8. Mixed very badly straight outta
the
> board into Sound Forge and squished into an mp3 with the RazorLame
combo.
> Pretend there's a hobo out there with 5 drops of water left in the
canteen...
>
> Look: if a damn drummer can make this stuff work, *anyone* can! It's
been a
> bit too quiet around here lately (thanks to Robert W. who I see
posted just
> before this), and I'd like to think that everyone has been busy with
other
> things. But it would be nice for Mom to hear some more music, no?
>
> Yes.
>
> Cheers,
> Jon
>
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