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October 19, 2002
Like I should talk, eh?
Percussion is fine, but
don't get stuck on
hitting things. There's:
Scraping
Bowing
There are four elements in
a typical instrument design:
vibrating element (e.g. string)
resonator (e.g. sound box)
structure (e.g. neck; harp frame)
transducer (pick-up; microphone)
Like most taxonomies,
you can move
between the distinctions
into odd gray areas.
Dive into the
gray area.
Improvised words are much
harder to do well than
improvised music.
So do some
improvised
words.
Are you afraid
of your voice?
Of meaning?
CONCRETE_MUSIC
There are three choices:
Composed
Improvised IMPULSE
Random
CHAOTIC_SOUND
And combinations of the three.
Be pretentious
Be funny
Be affecting
Be difficult
Be accessible
Be interesting
Be unassuming Honor the original
Be meaningful Be original
Be cool
Be passionate
In tune
Unconventionally tuned
Skill Atonal
Talent By ear
at what?
for what?
Discipline Indisicpline...
Intelligence Passion
Control Spontaniety
Educated Uncontaminated
You use what
you've got
and what you
haven't got,
so what's the
mystery?
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