a new technique

----- Original Message -----
From: "emotionaljourney22" <paul@stretch-music.com>

> i'm presently wowing audiences with a new technique, which i'll keep
> a secret for now. the resulting music has a life of its own . . . i
> *don't* hear the notes in my head before i play them, and they come
> out in a dazzling dance, so it's a whole new learning experience.
> it's a sort of acoustic techno that uses, for the most part, this ji
> scale:
>
> 1/1 33/32 9/8 5/4 21/16 11/8 3/2 27/16 7/4 15/8 (2/1)

Any of this music on line?

* David Beardsley
* http://biink.com
* http://mp3.com/davidbeardsley

--- In tuning@y..., David Beardsley <davidbeardsley@b...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "emotionaljourney22" <paul@s...>
>
> > i'm presently wowing audiences with a new technique, which i'll
keep
> > a secret for now. the resulting music has a life of its own . . .
i
> > *don't* hear the notes in my head before i play them, and they
come
> > out in a dazzling dance, so it's a whole new learning experience.
> > it's a sort of acoustic techno that uses, for the most part, this
ji
> > scale:
> >
> > 1/1 33/32 9/8 5/4 21/16 11/8 3/2 27/16 7/4 15/8 (2/1)
>
> Any of this music on line?

not yet -- but hugh mcgowan records me every week onto minidisc so if
someone were to talk to him . . . i'll see if we can put something
together . . .

--- In tuning@y..., "emotionaljourney22" <paul@s...> wrote:
> not yet -- but hugh mcgowan records me every week onto minidisc so
> if someone were to talk to him . . . i'll see if we can put
> something together . . .

I've done it before, I can do it again: if you find the segments you like and send me a minidisc, I'll digitize it and burn CDs and mp3s for you to strut your stuff.

Cheers,
Jon

----- Original Message -----
From: "emotionaljourney22" <paul@stretch-music.com>

> > Any of this music on line?
>
> not yet -- but hugh mcgowan records me every week onto minidisc so if
> someone were to talk to him . . . i'll see if we can put something
> together . . .

Cool. Would this new technique be playing real fast?

I've been wowing 'em from coast to coast this Spring by playing really slow.
(example at mp3.com waiting for approval)

* David Beardsley
* http://biink.com
* http://mp3.com/davidbeardsley

--- In tuning@y..., David Beardsley <davidbeardsley@b...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "emotionaljourney22" <paul@s...>
>
> > > Any of this music on line?
> >
> > not yet -- but hugh mcgowan records me every week onto minidisc
so if
> > someone were to talk to him . . . i'll see if we can put something
> > together . . .
>
> Cool. Would this new technique be playing real fast?

not necessarily.

[from the ages of 15 (when i started guitar) to 21 i was particularly
concerned with playing fast, and sat there practicing (a rather
limited set of techniques) with a metronome until i could match steve
vai (i even had the same model guitar, which as you know is now
refretted for 22-equal). since then, i haven't been particularly
concerned with playing fast, though when i'm in a certain mood and
nice and warmed up, that's often how i do play. if you want to hear
some sickly fast guitar though, listen to buckethead!]

> I've been wowing 'em from coast to coast this Spring by playing
>really slow.

that's excellent, and leads me into something i was planning to ask
julia, which was whether minimalism could be considered western
music. instead, i'll wait until i read her pnm article . . .