I dream of a Chicago microtonal festival....

Hey y'all-

I have an acquaintance who is opening an art gallery. I haven't yet seen the
space, it's on the South Side of Chicago, I think near U. of C. most likely.
He was interested in having me curate some kind of musical happening(s).
Guess what I thought of?

So my dream would be a weekend of bringing together people from all over the
U.S. (maybe elsewhere?) to Chicago for a microtonal
performances/workshops/summit. A mini-festival. Maybe write a grant to get
some money together to pay people to come out. It's still in embryo right
now, but I wanted to let you guys know what I'm dreaming about......

Best,
--
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.dividebypi.com

hey Aaron,

I'm there !!!!

... haven't been to Chicago since '94 (my first and only time) ...

-monz

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron K. Johnson" <akjmicro@c.
..> wrote:
> Hey y'all-
>
> I have an acquaintance who is opening an art gallery.
> I haven't yet seen the space, it's on the South Side of
> Chicago, I think near U. of C. most likely. He was
> interested in having me curate some kind of musical
> happening(s). Guess what I thought of?
>
> So my dream would be a weekend of bringing together people
> from all over the U.S. (maybe elsewhere?) to Chicago for
> a microtonal performances/workshops/summit. A mini-festival.
> Maybe write a grant to get some money together to pay people
> to come out. It's still in embryo right now, but I wanted to
> let you guys know what I'm dreaming about......
>
> Best,
> --
> Aaron Krister Johnson
> http://www.akjmusic.com
> http://www.dividebypi.com

Aaron,

I live in Northwest Indiana....
I go to Chicago whenever I play
a gig there or I get the chance
to go! That would be cool to have
a microtoanl fest in Chicago!!

Joel

--- "Aaron K. Johnson" <akjmicro@...> wrote:

> Hey y'all-
>
> I have an acquaintance who is opening an art
> gallery. I haven't yet seen the
> space, it's on the South Side of Chicago, I think
> near U. of C. most likely.
> He was interested in having me curate some kind of
> musical happening(s).
> Guess what I thought of?
>
> So my dream would be a weekend of bringing together
> people from all over the
> U.S. (maybe elsewhere?) to Chicago for a microtonal
> performances/workshops/summit. A mini-festival.
> Maybe write a grant to get
> some money together to pay people to come out. It's
> still in embryo right
> now, but I wanted to let you guys know what I'm
> dreaming about......
>
> Best,
> --
> Aaron Krister Johnson
> http://www.akjmusic.com
> http://www.dividebypi.com
>
>

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On Monday 14 February 2005 08:31 am, Joel Hickman wrote:
> Aaron,
>
> I live in Northwest Indiana....
> I go to Chicago whenever I play
> a gig there or I get the chance
> to go! That would be cool to have
> a microtoanl fest in Chicago!!

Joel-

Where do you live--near the dunes? It's great to know that there are
microtonally-interested people active on this list in the midwest! Do you
compose/improvise any microtonal music? What instrument(s) do you play?

Best,

Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.dividebypi.com

On Monday 14 February 2005 01:09 am, monz wrote:
> hey Aaron,
>
> I'm there !!!!
>
> ... haven't been to Chicago since '94 (my first and only time) ...

Hey monz!

you've been quiet lately! so what were you out here for: business or pleasure?

Best,

Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.dividebypi.com

hi Aaron,

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron K. Johnson" <akjmicro@c.
..> wrote:

> On Monday 14 February 2005 01:09 am, monz wrote:
> > hey Aaron,
> >
> > I'm there !!!!
> >
> > ... haven't been to Chicago since '94 (my first and only time) ...
>
> Hey monz!
>
> you've been quiet lately!

unbelievably busy ... the whole Encyclopedia has to be
converted to our new website format ... and it has
over 700 webpages in it!

it's going to take me a couple of months to do that,
so i'll still be quiet regarding tuning lists until
after that.

> so what were you out here for: business or pleasure?

i had a piano gig at the riverboat casino in Joliet, and
on the day i had to fly back home i went early to The Loop
and hung out in Chicago.

-monz

Hi Monz,

We've missed you!

> unbelievably busy ... the whole Encyclopedia has to be
> converted to our new website format ... and it has
> over 700 webpages in it!

Also, you're taking a math class, aren't you? How's that going?

Anyway, I hope the new format is going to be easier to edit -- if
you've looked at my new paper yet, you'll see that there are some
terminological issues that should be sorted out ("linear
temperament", "aristoxenean", etc). Only when you have time, of
course. Shoot me an e-mail.

Best,
Paul

hi Paul,

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Erlich" <paul@s...>
wrote:

>
> Hi Monz,
>
> We've missed you!

thanks.
it's good to see you back around these parts again too!

> > unbelievably busy ... the whole Encyclopedia has to be
> > converted to our new website format ... and it has
> > over 700 webpages in it!
>
> Also, you're taking a math class, aren't you? How's that going?

i took Intermediate Algebra last semester and totally aced it
... i still haven't seen my grade, but i know i got something
like 96 or 97 (out of 100).

i was really psyched up to hammer out the trig and calculus
courses so that i could get to linear algebra ... but i had
to put school on the shelf for the time being ... way too
much work to do for Tonalsoft right now. we *will* have
a software product out for sale this year, no more rescheduling.
(target release date is around August)

> Anyway, I hope the new format is going to be easier to edit -- if
> you've looked at my new paper yet, you'll see that there are some
> terminological issues that should be sorted out ("linear
> temperament", "aristoxenean", etc). Only when you have time, of
> course. Shoot me an e-mail.
>
> Best,
> Paul

ok, sure. as i said, the process of simply converting the
Encyclopedia to the new format is going to take at least
two months. can't do any further editing until that's complete.

-monz