Wasting time

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "genewardsmith" <genewardsmith@j...>
wrote:
> --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "Jonathan M. Szanto" <JSZANTO@A...>
wrote:
>
> I'm still trying to figure out why Paul thinks he might be wasting
> his time on any of these lists.

(a) my guitar chops could be so, so, so much better (like they were
when i got to practice 7 hours a day -- combine that with my growing
musical experience and knowledge and the result *could* be a lot
scarier than it is).

(b) i could be writing coherent, attractive papers/books on tuning
theory

(c) i'm kind of going through the same things over and over again

(d) now that ara is back from lebanon, microtonal music collaboration
should take precedence over microtonal theory discussion . . .

need more?

Hi Paul,

For what it's worth, my vote would go with (b). While it may seem that
we butt heads or disagree a lot, I think you have a real talent and
impressive vocabulary of chops in this field... and to my way of
thinking, it would be a shame for you to forever cast them in the
direction of these lists only.

You and Margo, though each for different reasons, really strike me as
two people who should have big, meaty tuning books out there in the
stream. Just my opinion for whatever it's worth.

take care,

--Dan Stearns

----- Original Message -----
From: "paulerlich" <paul@...>
To: <metatuning@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 10:04 AM
Subject: [metatuning] Wasting time

> --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "genewardsmith" <genewardsmith@j...>
> wrote:
> > --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "Jonathan M. Szanto" <JSZANTO@A...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm still trying to figure out why Paul thinks he might be wasting
> > his time on any of these lists.
>
> (a) my guitar chops could be so, so, so much better (like they were
> when i got to practice 7 hours a day -- combine that with my growing
> musical experience and knowledge and the result *could* be a lot
> scarier than it is).
>
> (b) i could be writing coherent, attractive papers/books on tuning
> theory
>
> (c) i'm kind of going through the same things over and over again
>
> (d) now that ara is back from lebanon, microtonal music
collaboration
> should take precedence over microtonal theory discussion . . .
>
> need more?
>
>
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--- In metatuning@y..., "D.Stearns" <STEARNS@C...> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> For what it's worth, my vote would go with (b). While it may seem
that
> we butt heads or disagree a lot, I think you have a real talent and
> impressive vocabulary of chops in this field... and to my way of
> thinking, it would be a shame for you to forever cast them in the
> direction of these lists only.
>
> You and Margo, though each for different reasons, really strike me
as
> two people who should have big, meaty tuning books out there in the
> stream. Just my opinion for whatever it's worth.
>
>
> take care,
>
> --Dan Stearns

thanks dan. that means a lot to me. my main concern at the immediate
time is mixing my jazz/jam band's demo cd . . . but i plan to make
time for book-writing at some point. perhaps i'll need three
lifetimes to get all these different threads to come together into
some amazing microtonal music . . . but if i don't last that long, i
can at least make it easier for others to pick up where i left
off . . . again, thanks.

--- In metatuning@y..., "D.Stearns" <STEARNS@C...> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
<snip>
> You and Margo, though each for different reasons, really strike me
> as two people who should have big, meaty tuning books out there in
> the stream. Just my opinion for whatever it's worth.
>
>
> take care,
>
> --Dan Stearns
<snip>

Like he said.

John Starrett

--- In metatuning@y..., "D.Stearns" <STEARNS@C...> wrote:

/metatuning/topicId_1923.html#1924

> Hi Paul,
>
> For what it's worth, my vote would go with (b). While it may seem
that
> we butt heads or disagree a lot, I think you have a real talent and
> impressive vocabulary of chops in this field... and to my way of
> thinking, it would be a shame for you to forever cast them in the
> direction of these lists only.
>
> You and Margo, though each for different reasons, really strike me
as
> two people who should have big, meaty tuning books out there in the
> stream. Just my opinion for whatever it's worth.
>
>
> take care,
>
> --Dan Stearns
>

***Well, this is a valuable opinion, Dan, but who's to say that
a "big fat tuning book" is really going to amount to anything. Who
reads it? Probably the same people who are reading this list. Maybe
a few other "academic" types, but I doubt many.

It will mostly be for sale at places like the "Microthons" etc. and
go to the same people who read the lists. Maybe Paul would get it
published and on Amazon.com, but it wouldn't be a big seller
like "Temperament" unless Paul were willing to put a lot of BS in it,
and that's not his style.

So maybe the *interactive* communication we are having over the
Internet is *just* as important as writing books...

Or putting things on the Web like Monz does. Possibly this is a
*newer* way of conveying information, and even *interactively!*

Just a "devil's advocate" positioning...

jp