for yer listening pleasure

I did this back in March, but have been too swamped to post here much
lately. I thought I'd bring it to all your attentions since I just
updated my webpage to reflect it's presence.

Study for Lorna-"Exploding Daisies"

find it at
http://www.akjmusic.com/works.html

Background--an improvisation, sped up for giddyness, in 11th-root-of-3
tuning, which is non-octave based, butthe octaves areclose enough to
pure that one still hears them as such, and it actually closely
resembles 12-of-14-edo. I just liked the swirly beatyness of it all,
gentleman and lady or two. For more "sped-up giddyness", have a listen
to 'Study for Kyle Gann', 'Boogie Pie', and 'Buzz-Buzz'.

The title suggested itself to me because Lorna, my wife, was getting
fed up that I hadn't dedicated anything to her, and that it just
sounded like a psychedelic cartoon of big yellow flowers appearing
everywhere and drowning out everything else, I guess. I'm not as
certain as Messiaen would be about their color, I suppose.

Comments are most unwelcome. I don't care what you think, because my
ego has dissolved and merged with the One. Just listen as you would
listen to the rain or the wind. Does the rain or the wind desire your
applause? Will it entertain your feeble suggestions of what software,
hardware, sample banks or techniques to use? I have become both water
and wind--I've moved beyond pleasure and pain, praise and critique,
and am just living in the 'zone', 24/7---man, I'm a Zen master by now,
looking down from the mountain and laughing, and then carrying my
water buckets a ways and returning to the village. And then ------
silence.

I just want your dollars, so if you like it, give me your money.

:)

Best,
Aaron.

AKJ,

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron Johnson" <aaron@...> wrote:
>
> I did this back in March, but have been too swamped to post here much
> lately. I thought I'd bring it to all your attentions since I just
> updated my webpage to reflect it's presence.

I'm sorry, but I can't tell you what I thought upon listening, I'm
under orders. But I did listen.

> Comments are most unwelcome. I don't care what you think, because my
> ego has dissolved and merged with the One. Just listen as you would
> listen to the rain or the wind. Does the rain or the wind desire your
> applause? Will it entertain your feeble suggestions of what software,
> hardware, sample banks or techniques to use? I have become both water
> and wind--I've moved beyond pleasure and pain, praise and critique,
> and am just living in the 'zone', 24/7---man, I'm a Zen master by now,
> looking down from the mountain and laughing, and then carrying my
> water buckets a ways and returning to the village. And then ------
> silence.

You teh funneh.

Cheers,
Jon

Capitalistic spiritualism? Has Aaron finally transcended the divine? This new piece is pretty good!

Oz.

On Jun 10, 2008, at 4:37 AM, Aaron Johnson wrote:

> I did this back in March, but have been too swamped to post here much
> lately. I thought I'd bring it to all your attentions since I just
> updated my webpage to reflect it's presence.
>
> Study for Lorna-"Exploding Daisies"
>
> find it at
> http://www.akjmusic.com/works.html
>
> Background--an improvisation, sped up for giddyness, in 11th-root-of-3
> tuning, which is non-octave based, butthe octaves areclose enough to
> pure that one still hears them as such, and it actually closely
> resembles 12-of-14-edo. I just liked the swirly beatyness of it all,
> gentleman and lady or two. For more "sped-up giddyness", have a listen
> to 'Study for Kyle Gann', 'Boogie Pie', and 'Buzz-Buzz'.
>
> The title suggested itself to me because Lorna, my wife, was getting
> fed up that I hadn't dedicated anything to her, and that it just
> sounded like a psychedelic cartoon of big yellow flowers appearing
> everywhere and drowning out everything else, I guess. I'm not as
> certain as Messiaen would be about their color, I suppose.
>
> Comments are most unwelcome. I don't care what you think, because my
> ego has dissolved and merged with the One. Just listen as you would
> listen to the rain or the wind. Does the rain or the wind desire your
> applause? Will it entertain your feeble suggestions of what software,
> hardware, sample banks or techniques to use? I have become both water
> and wind--I've moved beyond pleasure and pain, praise and critique,
> and am just living in the 'zone', 24/7---man, I'm a Zen master by now,
> looking down from the mountain and laughing, and then carrying my
> water buckets a ways and returning to the village. And then ------
> silence.
>
> I just want your dollars, so if you like it, give me your money.
>
> :)
>
> Best,
> Aaron.

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron Johnson" <aaron@...> wrote:
>
> I did this back in March, but have been too swamped to post here
much
> lately. I thought I'd bring it to all your attentions since I just
> updated my webpage to reflect it's presence.
>
> Study for Lorna-"Exploding Daisies"
>
> find it at
> http://www.akjmusic.com/works.html
>
> Background--an improvisation, sped up for giddyness, in 11th-root-
of-3
> tuning, which is non-octave based, butthe octaves areclose enough to
> pure that one still hears them as such, and it actually closely
> resembles 12-of-14-edo. I just liked the swirly beatyness of it all,
> gentleman and lady or two. For more "sped-up giddyness", have a
listen
> to 'Study for Kyle Gann', 'Boogie Pie', and 'Buzz-Buzz'.
>
> The title suggested itself to me because Lorna, my wife, was getting
> fed up that I hadn't dedicated anything to her, and that it just
> sounded like a psychedelic cartoon of big yellow flowers appearing
> everywhere and drowning out everything else, I guess. I'm not as
> certain as Messiaen would be about their color, I suppose.
>
> Comments are most unwelcome. I don't care what you think, because my
> ego has dissolved and merged with the One. Just listen as you would
> listen to the rain or the wind. Does the rain or the wind desire
your
> applause? Will it entertain your feeble suggestions of what
software,
> hardware, sample banks or techniques to use? I have become both
water
> and wind--I've moved beyond pleasure and pain, praise and critique,
> and am just living in the 'zone', 24/7---man, I'm a Zen master by
now,
> looking down from the mountain and laughing, and then carrying my
> water buckets a ways and returning to the village. And then ------
> silence.
>
> I just want your dollars, so if you like it, give me your money.
>
> :)
>
> Best,
> Aaron.

Hi Aaron,

I'm sorry, but I can't give you any money, because it would tell you
what I thought upon listening; I'm under orders. But I did listen. 8>}

--George

I have comments and no dollars; deal with it. :�

And this is good! And I definitely like 11-ed12th better than 7-edo. It sounds a lot less "out of tune". I wonder if you could tune Thai music to this without insulting the art.

~D.

Aaron Johnson wrote:
> I did this back in March, but have been too swamped to post here much
> lately. I thought I'd bring it to all your attentions since I just
> updated my webpage to reflect it's presence.
>
> Study for Lorna-"Exploding Daisies"
>
> find it at
> http://www.akjmusic.com/works.html
>
> Background--an improvisation, sped up for giddyness, in 11th-root-of-3
> tuning, which is non-octave based, butthe octaves areclose enough to
> pure that one still hears them as such, and it actually closely
> resembles 12-of-14-edo. I just liked the swirly beatyness of it all,
> gentleman and lady or two. For more "sped-up giddyness", have a listen
> to 'Study for Kyle Gann', 'Boogie Pie', and 'Buzz-Buzz'.
>
> The title suggested itself to me because Lorna, my wife, was getting
> fed up that I hadn't dedicated anything to her, and that it just
> sounded like a psychedelic cartoon of big yellow flowers appearing
> everywhere and drowning out everything else, I guess. I'm not as
> certain as Messiaen would be about their color, I suppose.
>
> Comments are most unwelcome. I don't care what you think, because my
> ego has dissolved and merged with the One. Just listen as you would
> listen to the rain or the wind. Does the rain or the wind desire your
> applause? Will it entertain your feeble suggestions of what software,
> hardware, sample banks or techniques to use? I have become both water
> and wind--I've moved beyond pleasure and pain, praise and critique,
> and am just living in the 'zone', 24/7---man, I'm a Zen master by now,
> looking down from the mountain and laughing, and then carrying my
> water buckets a ways and returning to the village. And then ------
> silence.
>
> I just want your dollars, so if you like it, give me your money.
>
> :)
>
> Best,
> Aaron.

Thai does non use 7 edo, that was put forth by Europeans

/^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_
Mesotonal Music from:
_'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere: North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>

_'''''''_ ^South/Eastern Hemisphere:
Austronesian Outpost of Anaphoria <http://anaphoriasouth.blogspot.com/>

',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',

Danny Wier wrote:
>
> I have comments and no dollars; deal with it. :�
>
> And this is good! And I definitely like 11-ed12th better than 7-edo. It
> sounds a lot less "out of tune". I wonder if you could tune Thai music
> to this without insulting the art.
>
> ~D.
>
> Aaron Johnson wrote:
> > I did this back in March, but have been too swamped to post here much
> > lately. I thought I'd bring it to all your attentions since I just
> > updated my webpage to reflect it's presence.
> >
> > Study for Lorna-"Exploding Daisies"
> >
> > find it at
> > http://www.akjmusic.com/works.html <http://www.akjmusic.com/works.html>
> >
> > Background--an improvisation, sped up for giddyness, in 11th-root-of-3
> > tuning, which is non-octave based, butthe octaves areclose enough to
> > pure that one still hears them as such, and it actually closely
> > resembles 12-of-14-edo. I just liked the swirly beatyness of it all,
> > gentleman and lady or two. For more "sped-up giddyness", have a listen
> > to 'Study for Kyle Gann', 'Boogie Pie', and 'Buzz-Buzz'.
> >
> > The title suggested itself to me because Lorna, my wife, was getting
> > fed up that I hadn't dedicated anything to her, and that it just
> > sounded like a psychedelic cartoon of big yellow flowers appearing
> > everywhere and drowning out everything else, I guess. I'm not as
> > certain as Messiaen would be about their color, I suppose.
> >
> > Comments are most unwelcome. I don't care what you think, because my
> > ego has dissolved and merged with the One. Just listen as you would
> > listen to the rain or the wind. Does the rain or the wind desire your
> > applause? Will it entertain your feeble suggestions of what software,
> > hardware, sample banks or techniques to use? I have become both water
> > and wind--I've moved beyond pleasure and pain, praise and critique,
> > and am just living in the 'zone', 24/7---man, I'm a Zen master by now,
> > looking down from the mountain and laughing, and then carrying my
> > water buckets a ways and returning to the village. And then ------
> > silence.
> >
> > I just want your dollars, so if you like it, give me your money.
> >
> > :)
> >
> > Best,
> > Aaron.
>
>

That I knew. It's something _close_ to 7-edo, but I can never remember what it is exactly.

Kraig Grady wrote:
> Thai does non use 7 edo, that was put forth by Europeans
>
>
> /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_
> Mesotonal Music from:
> _'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere: > North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>
>
> _'''''''_ ^South/Eastern Hemisphere:
> Austronesian Outpost of Anaphoria <http://anaphoriasouth.blogspot.com/>
>
> ',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',
>
>
> Danny Wier wrote:
> >> I have comments and no dollars; deal with it. :�
>>
>> And this is good! And I definitely like 11-ed12th better than 7-edo. It
>> sounds a lot less "out of tune". I wonder if you could tune Thai music
>> to this without insulting the art.
>>
>> ~D.
>