Re: [MMM] Szantchestra

"X. J. Scott" wrote:

> Haven't even touched the electronic
> instruments since then -- acoustic instruments are a
> lot less trouble to have fun with!
>
> - Jeff
>

Amen!

JS!

Great job on the perc. racks. They look like a hell of a lot of fun to play
on.

GZ

Jeff,

Thanks for the kind words about the creations.

{you wrote...}
>It's strange how these things go around; my wife and I put together a >small gamelan out of various pieces of trash and scrap wood the first week >of March and have been taking them around to people's houses and playing >them for fun.

Fun? What is *wrong* with you? :)

>Haven't even touched the electronic instruments since then -- acoustic >instruments are a lot less trouble to have fun with!

No kidding. Live vibrations from acoustic sources, played in real time with real humans. I love my electronic toys, I do, but they are a poor substitute, and only people without the experience of live, acoustic music-making would deign to disagree.

IMHO.

Cheers,
Jon

G,

{you wrote...}
>Great job on the perc. racks. They look like a hell of a lot of fun to >play on.

Oh, man, you wouldn't believe! For the first time in years, nay, *decades*, I came home to find a note from an anonymous neighbor complaining about being awakened at 1:30 in the morning to the sound of 'drums'.

Damn: guilty as charged! I hadn't even realized the time, this project was so much fun to put together!!!

Cheers,
Jon