Can't go home again

Joseph Pehrson posted:
>
> For what it's worth... I just suddenly realized I can no longer compose a
> piece in 12-tET... Thanks a lot.
>
> I tried. After 10+ plus hours of written music, much of it published, it
> is now of no avail. The piece I just started, determined to be in 12-tET
> is now also microtonal... Anything else now seems "simplistic."
> Help. I am halfway up a mountain and there is no turning back... Jerry
> Eskelin is right...
>
> Help... I need somebody.... [I guess that's ripe for "high 3rd"
> analysis...]
>
ROTFLMAO! That's the funniest thing I've heard in a while, Joe. You
certainly know how to make someone's day.

Pardon the personal reference, but your post reminds me of my singers who
used to come back to rehearsals after the holidays bitching about having to
sing caroling gigs with professional singers who had no concept of "locked
in" tuning. One singer suggested I publish a disclaimer to new auditionees
that singing with the LA Jazz Choir will tend to make them dissatisfied with
most other choral experiences. (Whether or not that was true, it was nice to
hear.)

Jerry