Re: making music (was Rod Poole in NYC June 2001)

on 7/8/01 5:27 AM, tuning@yahoogroups.com at tuning@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> From: "Jon Szanto" <JSZANTO@ADNC.COM>

>> although Mr. Poole is doing some real interesting work in the field
>> of microtonality, he's making some of my favorite music today.
>
> Making music is more important than doing microtonal work any day!
> Some one who is putting the horse before the cart...

Yes, it really does comes down to simply making music. Whether it is 12 ET,
x-ET, JI or something else entirely without definition in these categories,
it needs to be musical above all else. And then it truly transcends any
theory (or lack thereof) that was used behind the scenes to create it.

Seth

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