Re: [cm] Re: A Chord of Nature

> From: <jpehrson@...>
> To: <crazy_music@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 10:06 AM
> Subject: [cm] Re: A Chord of Nature
>
>
> --- In crazy_music@y..., jacky_ligon@y... wrote:
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> /crazy_music/topicId_unknown.html#913
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> > --- In crazy_music@y..., "Rosati" <dante.interport@r...> wrote:
> > > THAT is the f@#$ing coolest thing I have heard in a long time!
> > > Hats off!
> > >
> > > Dante
> >
>
> I also didn't yet get a chance to comment that I feel this is one of
> Jacky Ligon's most incredible accomplishments... just ASIDE from the
> technical aspect, which is amazing in itself....
>
> Paul Lansky has made a *career* out of recording and transforming
> traffic noise... maybe Jacky has a new career playing Cricket!

Joe, Jacky, Jeff, Dante:

You guys would be interested in this:
http://researchmag.asu.edu/stories/sound.html

>> In Arizona's Sonoran Desert just north of Phoenix,
>> a gentle spring rain falls in the first hours after
>> sunrise. Richard Lerman, strapped with video gear,
>> headset, and cables, is crouched next to a compass
>> cactus weaving wires in and out of its needles.
>> Attached to the wires are tiny, hand-built microphones
>> carefully placed to record both the rain and the
>> internal natural acoustics of the cactus.
>>
>> He stands back, adjusts the volume on his recording
>> device, and takes in the sound. The rain gently
>> plucks at the cactus needles, creating music not
>> unlike the plucking of violin strings.
>>
>> Lerman calls himself a sound artist-not a composer
>> or a musician, as he might. It is the sheer essence
>> of sound that fascinates him.
>>
>> <snip>

love / peace / harmony ...

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

/crazy_music/topicId_949.html#949

> Joe, Jacky, Jeff, Dante:
>
>
> You guys would be interested in this:
> http://researchmag.asu.edu/stories/sound.html
>

This is interesting, Monz... but I don't believe the author mentions
that John Cage actually already *does* have a piece where he
amplifies a cactus and listens to the result.

I'm not certain of the name of the piece... but I've heard of it...

best,

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