Re: [MMM] Re: more agreeable disagreement with Jon

Amen brother.

jacky_ligon wrote:

> --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "jpehrson2" <jpehrson@r...> wrote:
> > *** I know Paul Erlich felt that Prent's music was too
> > long and repetitive, and others made such statements as well. I'm
> > somewhat "in the middle" on that issue, sometimes "enjoying"
> > minimalism, depending on the timbres.
>
> Then there is the other extreme. Too much change to the point of
> alienation.
>
> I've tried them both. Music that repeats, and music that never
> repeats. Music that has polyrhythmic dense layers where meters change
> constantly, and on the other extreme, single voice music.
>
> I can enjoy either of them if done well, and amuse myself privately
> with allot of stuff I'll likely never share in these forums.
>
> It seems possible that Paul has some kind of ideal inner image of
> music which only he will be able to make manifest in the real world.
> He mentioned his "inner music" once, and made me eager to hear it.
> Hopefully I will one day. It's much easier to assume the judgement
> seat, than it'll ever be to dive into the challenges and treasures
> that microtonality presents to us. History remembers the Music and
> rarely the Critic (read Slonimsky's "Lexicon of Musical Invective").
>
> All I can affirm is I've personally never read a single post, paper
> or article that moves my soul like a good piece of microtonal music
> does, and probably never will. That's just me though - hard to work
> up the goose-pimples over text for me.
>
> Tuning is about Music, Music is about Emotions, and Emotions are
> about People. Hopefully we can harness the efforts of many in this
> Emotional Journey.
>
> J:L
>
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I wouldn't consider Paul in the same category to even comment on Prent's
Music, if we are going to throw such stuff out in public.

> --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "jpehrson2" <jpehrson@r...> wrote:
> > *** I know Paul Erlich felt that Prent's music was too
> > long and repetitive, and others made such statements as well. I'm
> > somewhat "in the middle" on that issue, sometimes "enjoying"
> > minimalism, depending on the timbres.
>

-- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
http://www.anaphoria.com

The Wandering Medicine Show
Wed. 8-9 KXLU 88.9 fm

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@a...> wrote:

/makemicromusic/topicId_2788.html#2790

Hi Kraig!

Well, this is mostly *my* fault, since I probably mischaracterized
what Paul said in the first place.

I guess the only point is that it seemed to *me* anyway, that this
particular new tune of Prent Rodger's is more "through composed" and
a bit less in the "minimal" school than some of the earlier ones.

Some people might like that better, maybe some less... Personally, I
really dig what he's doing now.

Joe P.

>
> I wouldn't consider Paul in the same category to even comment on
Prent's
> Music, if we are going to throw such stuff out in public.
>
> > --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "jpehrson2" <jpehrson@r...> wrote:
> > > *** I know Paul Erlich felt that Prent's music was too
> > > long and repetitive, and others made such statements as well.
I'm
> > > somewhat "in the middle" on that issue, sometimes "enjoying"
> > > minimalism, depending on the timbres.
> >
>
> -- Kraig Grady
> North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
> http://www.anaphoria.com
>
> The Wandering Medicine Show
> Wed. 8-9 KXLU 88.9 fm

Jacky,

{you wrote...}
>All I can affirm is I've personally never read a single post, paper or >article that moves my soul like a good piece of microtonal music does, and >probably never will. That's just me though - hard to work up the >goose-pimples over text for me.

It's not just you. Otherwise this place (MMM) wouldn't exist!

Cheers,
Jon