divide and conquer

--- In practicalmicrotonality@y..., "X. J. Scott" <xjscott@e...>
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> Hi!
>
> I have created a new group to allow sharing and
> discussion of personal experiences that transcend
> the norm as it interconnects with nonwestern
> musical tuning, composition and performance.
>
> Name of Group: Metaphysical Microtonal Music Experience
>
> Email Address: spiritual_tuning@y...
>
> To subscribe: spiritual_tuning-subscribe@y...
>
> To check it out:
> /spiritual_tuning/
>
> Hope to see you there!
>
> - Jeff

So at last, the balkanization of the tuning list that so
many of us had hoped would never happen is at last upon us.

May the many lists proliferate, reproduce, and thrive!

I wonder now if there is any need for the old original
"Alternate Tunings List".

Maybe now it can become the place for guitarists to talk
about differently-tuned strings, which they always keep
mistaking it for anyway.

While it's commendable to have posts sorted by specific
interest as they are now becoming, I, for one, think it's
a real pain to have to read and respond to all these
different lists now. But it's happened and probably
will only continue now.

But maybe the old phrase "divide and conquer" will
apply to this new development: perhaps microtonality
will really spread like wildfire into the mainstream,
since there are now so many different routes by which
someone may stumble into it while surfing the 'net.

-monz
http://www.monz.org
"All roads lead to n^0"

--- In metatuning@y..., "monz" <joemonz@y...> wrote:

/metatuning/topicId_46.html#46

> So at last, the balkanization of the tuning list that so
> many of us had hoped would never happen is at last upon us.
>
> May the many lists proliferate, reproduce, and thrive!

I guess the original tuning list was giving birth to children
and many of us were trying to deny that it was happening,
and now the children simply demand to cut the apron strings
and go off on a life of their own.

-monz
http://www.monz.org
"All roads lead to n^0"

monz wrote:

> But maybe the old phrase "divide and conquer" will
> apply to this new development: perhaps microtonality
> will really spread like wildfire into the mainstream,
> since there are now so many different routes by which
> someone may stumble into it while surfing the 'net.

Um, I think you'll find that's not what "divide and conquer" usually
means.

With 450 members and a high volume, it was probably time for the list
to fork, but it could have happened in a less traumatic fashion.

Graham