Re: [MMM] Stearns/Ligon Fusion

Guys, thanks for the encouragement! What I gave Jacky was not easy to
work with; he just makes it sound that way! It was a tune I had worked
on for at least a couple of months that was probably more than 90%
done (it was going to be vocal tune--kind of a Henry Cow meets
Lifetime thing). But for whatever reasons, it was never completed and
I lost it and completely forgot about it. Years later this mix turned
up on an unlabeled cassette--at first I didn't know *who* it even was,
it had been that long and was that much of a surprise!

Anyway, the difficult thing for Jacky was that I gave him a nearly
complete, dense tune with no hope of separating anything out, this is
a less than gracious way to work--and that's an understatement! But
Jacky being the consummate pro he is, took at it and didn't let up
until he had put his stamp on it and hammered it into a shape he was
happy with.

Jacky is an extremely talented guy, and I'd really love to start a
live microtonal fusion band with him, that would be a serious gas!
Anyway, thanks for listening... community and camaraderie sure can be
a wonderful thing, and that's coming from a diehard hermit!

take care,

--Dan Stearns

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Szanto" <JSZANTO@...>
To: "MMM" <MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 10:56 AM
Subject: [MMM] Stearns/Ligon Fusion

> Boys,
>
> Oh, c'mon, this thing is killin' me! I had just a brief moment at
home this
> morning, so that is when I put up the page, downloaded the mp3, and
put it
> on a CD-RW. I'm now at the place where I'm staying, and listening to
it
> with headphones on my laptop.
>
> 1. Seriously dangerous mix to listen on 'phones!
>
> 2. That section that starts at 5:21? How cool is that?! Great use of
space
> and a break in the flow.
>
> 3. It really is a wonderful melding of Dan's floating,
> stream-of-conscienceness compositional style with drop-dead beats
from Jacky.
>
> I'll second what Jeff said: Jacky, your talents as a producer are
second to
> few if none. The only place I'd differ is for you to do it
full-time,
> because then you'd end up having to work with musicians of a much
lesser
> calibre than Dan. Music as a 'day job' sucks hard.
>
> But if you found a way to pick and choose your projects, you really
would
> add immensely to anyone's work lucky enough to have you onboard.
>
> This little place sure has some great people, and humble bravos to
Dan and
> Jacky. Here's to more collabs in the future (he said, putting on his
> thinking cap and wondering how we can facilitate in the coming
months...)
>
> Happy we are,
> Jon
>
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Dan,

At 03:35 PM 5/18/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Jacky is an extremely talented guy, and I'd really love to start a live >microtonal fusion band with him, that would be a serious gas!

If GZ didn't/wouldn't beat me to the punch, I'd sure get my kit chops back in shape and audition for the drum chair!

Cheers,
Jon