A piece (about 4 1/2 minutes)

https://www.box.com/s/6anfk84q5x37nkzdxr9w

It's more than an exercise, but the mood is jittery, so I called it "My Doctor Says Caffeine".
(Based on some old advertisement for de-caffeinated coffee I used to find amusing.)

The tuning is a 36-note JI scale adjusted to 171edo. (171edo has no personality that I'm aware of.)

I'm not sure whether the contradictions -- or tensions -- in what I'm trying to do can generate energy or whether they're self-defeating. That ambivalence may come across in the piece, which seems fitfully assertive and despairing, to me.

Not bad, not good. 4 1/2 minutes.

I may do a few more pieces using some of this material, not sure.

You really ought to consider uploading mp3 files, which not only occupy n-th much less space, but also accomplishes quite the same deal as a WAV or AIFF.

I'll listen to this after the download is finished.

Oz.

✩ ✩ ✩
www.ozanyarman.com

On Apr 18, 2013, at 5:15 PM, calebmrgn wrote:

> https://www.box.com/s/6anfk84q5x37nkzdxr9w
>
> It's more than an exercise, but the mood is jittery, so I called it "My Doctor Says Caffeine".
> (Based on some old advertisement for de-caffeinated coffee I used to find amusing.)
>
> The tuning is a 36-note JI scale adjusted to 171edo. (171edo has no personality that I'm aware of.)
>
> I'm not sure whether the contradictions -- or tensions -- in what I'm trying to do can generate energy or whether they're self-defeating. That ambivalence may come across in the piece, which seems fitfully assertive and despairing, to me.
>
> Not bad, not good. 4 1/2 minutes.
>
> I may do a few more pieces using some of this material, not sure.
>
>

This is quite an interesting work emancipating suspense that is pleasing to listen to in the dread of the Bosphorus night on the Anatolian side of Istanbul where I reside.

Oz.

✩ ✩ ✩
www.ozanyarman.com

On Apr 18, 2013, at 5:15 PM, calebmrgn wrote:

> https://www.box.com/s/6anfk84q5x37nkzdxr9w
>
> It's more than an exercise, but the mood is jittery, so I called it "My Doctor Says Caffeine".
> (Based on some old advertisement for de-caffeinated coffee I used to find amusing.)
>
> The tuning is a 36-note JI scale adjusted to 171edo. (171edo has no personality that I'm aware of.)
>
> I'm not sure whether the contradictions -- or tensions -- in what I'm trying to do can generate energy or whether they're self-defeating. That ambivalence may come across in the piece, which seems fitfully assertive and despairing, to me.
>
> Not bad, not good. 4 1/2 minutes.
>
> I may do a few more pieces using some of this material, not sure.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Quite enjoyable. It sounds quite close to 12 ET in flavor and function.

On 19/04/13 12:15 AM, calebmrgn wrote:
>
> https://www.box.com/s/6anfk84q5x37nkzdxr9w
>
> It's more than an exercise, but the mood is jittery, so I called it
> "My Doctor Says Caffeine".
> (Based on some old advertisement for de-caffeinated coffee I used to
> find amusing.)
>
> The tuning is a 36-note JI scale adjusted to 171edo. (171edo has no
> personality that I'm aware of.)
>
> I'm not sure whether the contradictions -- or tensions -- in what I'm
> trying to do can generate energy or whether they're self-defeating.
> That ambivalence may come across in the piece, which seems fitfully
> assertive and despairing, to me.
>
> Not bad, not good. 4 1/2 minutes.
>
> I may do a few more pieces using some of this material, not sure.
>
>

--
signature file

/^_,',',',_ //^/Kraig Grady_^_,',',',_
Mesotonal Music from:
_'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere:
North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>

_'''''''_^South/Eastern Hemisphere:
Austronesian Outpost of Anaphoria <http://anaphoriasouth.blogspot.com/>

',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',

a momentary antenna as i turn to water
this evaporates - an island once again

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Thanks for listen and comments.

I'll remember to include an Mp3 copy.

Over my not-terribly-fast Internet connection, on an old computer, the .aif format plays ok, so I had stopped including an Mp3 copy, but I'll resume doing that.

Yeah, despite having some overtone series chords with 13th partials, it uses a long-term 12-tone structure and foreground familiar scales mostly.

I'm still fascinated with trying to get self-similar machinery to produce different effects, so playing around with that will be a large part of what I'm trying to do.

I hope that the different things I'm trying to do will eventually come together -- either in some mathematical or organic unity, or as some kind of music that plays different elements off each other *without* unifying them.

________________________________
From: kraiggrady <kraiggrady@...>
To: MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MMM] A piece (about 4 1/2 minutes)

 
Quite enjoyable. It sounds quite close to 12 ET in flavor and function.

On 19/04/13 12:15 AM, calebmrgn wrote:
>
> https://www.box.com/s/6anfk84q5x37nkzdxr9w
>
> It's more than an exercise, but the mood is jittery, so I called it
> "My Doctor Says Caffeine".
> (Based on some old advertisement for de-caffeinated coffee I used to
> find amusing.)
>
> The tuning is a 36-note JI scale adjusted to 171edo. (171edo has no
> personality that I'm aware of.)
>
> I'm not sure whether the contradictions -- or tensions -- in what I'm
> trying to do can generate energy or whether they're self-defeating.
> That ambivalence may come across in the piece, which seems fitfully
> assertive and despairing, to me.
>
> Not bad, not good. 4 1/2 minutes.
>
> I may do a few more pieces using some of this material, not sure.
>
>

--
signature file

/^_,',',',_ //^/Kraig Grady_^_,',',',_
Mesotonal Music from:
_'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere:
North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>

_'''''''_^South/Eastern Hemisphere:
Austronesian Outpost of Anaphoria <http://anaphoriasouth.blogspot.com/>

',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',

a momentary antenna as i turn to water
this evaporates - an island once again

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Has a little of everything, all my tricks.  About 12 1/2 minutes

https://www.box.com/s/48wc435slumb9ano9cc9 (aif version)

https://www.box.com/s/oo4tlpee811uj5j7a7g9 (mp3 version)

________________________________
From: Caleb Morgan <calebmrgn@...>
To: "MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com" <MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 6:14 AM
Subject: Re: [MMM] A piece (about 4 1/2 minutes)

Thanks for listen and comments.

I'll remember to include an Mp3 copy.

Over my not-terribly-fast Internet connection, on an old computer, the .aif format plays ok, so I had stopped including an Mp3 copy, but I'll resume doing that.

Yeah, despite having some overtone series chords with 13th partials, it uses a long-term 12-tone structure and foreground familiar scales mostly.

I'm still fascinated with trying to get self-similar machinery to produce different effects, so playing around with that will be a large part of what I'm trying to do.

I hope that the different things I'm trying to do will eventually come together -- either in some mathematical or organic unity, or as some kind of music that plays different elements off each other *without* unifying them.

________________________________
From: kraiggrady <kraiggrady@anaphoria.com>
To: MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MMM] A piece (about 4 1/2 minutes)

 
Quite enjoyable. It sounds quite close to 12 ET in flavor and function.

On 19/04/13 12:15 AM, calebmrgn wrote:
>
> https://www.box.com/s/6anfk84q5x37nkzdxr9w
>
> It's more than an exercise, but the mood is jittery, so I called it
> "My Doctor Says Caffeine".
> (Based on some old advertisement for de-caffeinated coffee I used to
> find amusing.)
>
> The tuning is a 36-note JI scale adjusted to 171edo. (171edo has no
> personality that I'm aware of.)
>
> I'm not sure whether the contradictions -- or tensions -- in what I'm
> trying to do can generate energy or whether they're self-defeating.
> That ambivalence may come across in the piece, which seems fitfully
> assertive and despairing, to me.
>
> Not bad, not good. 4 1/2 minutes.
>
> I may do a few more pieces using some of this material, not sure.
>
>

--
signature file

/^_,',',',_ //^/Kraig Grady_^_,',',',_
Mesotonal Music from:
_'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere:
North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>

_'''''''_^South/Eastern Hemisphere:
Austronesian Outpost of Anaphoria <http://anaphoriasouth.blogspot.com/>

',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',

a momentary antenna as i turn to water
this evaporates - an island once again

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This is terrific. I love the changing moods and the general theme of descent.

Prent Rodgers

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Caleb Morgan <calebmrgn@...> wrote:
>
> Has a little of everything, all my tricks.  About 12 1/2 minutes
>
> https://www.box.com/s/48wc435slumb9ano9cc9 (aif version)
>
> https://www.box.com/s/oo4tlpee811uj5j7a7g9 (mp3 version)
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Caleb Morgan <calebmrgn@...>

>
>
> This is terrific. I love the changing moods and the general theme of
> descent.
>
> I have to agree with Prent. I've downloaded it and added it to my rotation.

Regards,
Jake

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Beautiful moods, its a wonderful composition Caleb. To spoken voice is
spooky!

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Caleb Morgan <calebmrgn@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Has a little of everything, all my tricks. About 12 1/2 minutes
>
> https://www.box.com/s/48wc435slumb9ano9cc9 (aif version)
>
> https://www.box.com/s/oo4tlpee811uj5j7a7g9 (mp3 version)
>
> ________________________________
> From: Caleb Morgan <calebmrgn@...>
> To: "MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com" <MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 6:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [MMM] A piece (about 4 1/2 minutes)
>
>
> Thanks for listen and comments.
>
> I'll remember to include an Mp3 copy.
>
> Over my not-terribly-fast Internet connection, on an old computer, the
> .aif format plays ok, so I had stopped including an Mp3 copy, but I'll
> resume doing that.
>
> Yeah, despite having some overtone series chords with 13th partials, it
> uses a long-term 12-tone structure and foreground familiar scales mostly.
>
> I'm still fascinated with trying to get self-similar machinery to produce
> different effects, so playing around with that will be a large part of what
> I'm trying to do.
>
> I hope that the different things I'm trying to do will eventually come
> together -- either in some mathematical or organic unity, or as some kind
> of music that plays different elements off each other *without* unifying
> them.
>
> ________________________________
> From: kraiggrady <kraiggrady@...>
> To: MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 11:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [MMM] A piece (about 4 1/2 minutes)
>
>
>
> Quite enjoyable. It sounds quite close to 12 ET in flavor and function.
>
> On 19/04/13 12:15 AM, calebmrgn wrote:
> >
> > https://www.box.com/s/6anfk84q5x37nkzdxr9w
> >
> > It's more than an exercise, but the mood is jittery, so I called it
> > "My Doctor Says Caffeine".
> > (Based on some old advertisement for de-caffeinated coffee I used to
> > find amusing.)
> >
> > The tuning is a 36-note JI scale adjusted to 171edo. (171edo has no
> > personality that I'm aware of.)
> >
> > I'm not sure whether the contradictions -- or tensions -- in what I'm
> > trying to do can generate energy or whether they're self-defeating.
> > That ambivalence may come across in the piece, which seems fitfully
> > assertive and despairing, to me.
> >
> > Not bad, not good. 4 1/2 minutes.
> >
> > I may do a few more pieces using some of this material, not sure.
> >
> >
>
> --
> signature file
>
> /^_,',',',_ //^/Kraig Grady_^_,',',',_
> Mesotonal Music from:
> _'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere:
> North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>
>
> _'''''''_^South/Eastern Hemisphere:
> Austronesian Outpost of Anaphoria <http://anaphoriasouth.blogspot.com/>
>
> ',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',
>
> a momentary antenna as i turn to water
> this evaporates - an island once again
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

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