Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
> Interesting.  That is certainly loud - did the students have any sort of 
> ear protection?

I'm not sure.  It might not have *actually* been 120dB either, but just 
really loud.

> 
> That does sound cool.  I have always liked sound reproduction that 
> involves the space as part of the performance, but it's so rare because 
> it requires a lot of planning and setup work.
> 

Indeed.  Every now and then I manage to catch an art museum with some 
sort of exhibit which incorporates sound and/or music into a space.  I 
almost always enjoy it.

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On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:20:57 -0700, Kevin Wampler wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> 
>> Interesting.  That is certainly loud - did the students have any sort
>> of ear protection?
> 
> I'm not sure.  It might not have *actually* been 120dB either, but just
> really loud.

I guess at that point it makes little difference what the actual dB level 
is. :-)

>> That does sound cool.  I have always liked sound reproduction that
>> involves the space as part of the performance, but it's so rare because
>> it requires a lot of planning and setup work.
>> 
>> 
> Indeed.  Every now and then I manage to catch an art museum with some
> sort of exhibit which incorporates sound and/or music into a space.  I
> almost always enjoy it.

I'm going to have to see if there's anything here in SLC like that 
now. :-)

Jim

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On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:27:57 -0700, Kevin Wampler <wam### [at] uwashingtonedu>
wrote:

>
>Not trying to convince you to try it out of course -- I totally 
>understand why many people hate that sort of music.

Well I have tried to like modern classical music but it is very hard going on my
ears. I found that Benjamin Britain crept around my mental block with his Sea
Interludes from Peter Grimes. Also Wagner is OK if you don't think about what he
is saying, I draw the line at Mahler. I physically want to get up and leave. Sad
as I feel that I *should* enjoy it.
Now I am listening to a lot of Handle especially his Concerto Grosse. :D
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     Stephen

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On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:32:21 -0700, Kevin Wampler <wam### [at] uwashingtonedu>
wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> Thank you for that. May I respond with "Several Species Of Small Furry Animals
>> Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict"?
>
>Also, now that I've actually listened to this -- hilarious!  I didn't 
>realize it was an actual song at first and instead just thought you'd 
>made up the name as a parody of contemporary music (instead Pink Floyd 
>did that I suppose).

No I spent many hours listening to it in my youth. :D

How about "Set the controls for the heart of the Sun"?

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     Stephen

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On 1 Oct 2009 18:00:08 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>> LOL, reminds me of the 1950s/60s jukebox record of 2.5 mins of silence
>> or the Picasso art where he sold signed blank pieces of paper.
>
>4:33 is one of my favourite Cage pieces. ;-)
>

Sorry to be a Philistine but paying money to see/hear that is a joke.

Typical Scots stereotype :P
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     Stephen

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Stephen wrote:

> How about "Set the controls for the heart of the Sun"?

Witness the man who waves at the wall,
Making the shape of his question to heaven,
Whether the Sun will fall in the evening,
Will he remember the lesson of giving?
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun.

The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The 
heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart 
of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the 
Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. 
The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun...



Lucifer Sam, anyone?

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On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:46:38 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>
>> How about "Set the controls for the heart of the Sun"?
>
>Witness the man who waves at the wall,
>Making the shape of his question to heaven,
>Whether the Sun will fall in the evening,
>Will he remember the lesson of giving?
>Set the controls for the heart of the Sun.
>
>The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The 
>heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart 
>of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the 
>Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. 
>The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun...
>
>

So you do know how to use Google :P
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     Stephen

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>> Witness the man who waves at the wall,
>> Making the shape of his question to heaven,
>> Whether the Sun will fall in the evening,
>> Will he remember the lesson of giving?
>> Set the controls for the heart of the Sun.
>>
>> The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The 
>> heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart 
>> of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the 
>> Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. 
>> The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun. The heart of the Sun...
> 
> So you do know how to use Google :P

Why would I need that? I have the sleeve notes right next to me. :-P

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On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:26:17 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 1 Oct 2009 18:00:08 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>> LOL, reminds me of the 1950s/60s jukebox record of 2.5 mins of silence
>>> or the Picasso art where he sold signed blank pieces of paper.
>>
>>4:33 is one of my favourite Cage pieces. ;-)
>>
>>
> Sorry to be a Philistine but paying money to see/hear that is a joke.
> 
> Typical Scots stereotype :P

Oh, I never said I'd pay money to see/hear it. ;-)

But I've heard it several times myself - in fact, you could say, I've 
performed it several times (never for an audience, though - and certainly 
never for profit).

Jim

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Stephen wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:27:57 -0700, Kevin Wampler <wam### [at] uwashingtonedu>
> wrote:
> 
>> Not trying to convince you to try it out of course -- I totally 
>> understand why many people hate that sort of music.
> 
> Well I have tried to like modern classical music but it is very hard going on my
> ears. I found that Benjamin Britain crept around my mental block with his Sea
> Interludes from Peter Grimes. Also Wagner is OK if you don't think about what he
> is saying, I draw the line at Mahler. I physically want to get up and leave. Sad
> as I feel that I *should* enjoy it.

That's odd -- I've never thought of Mahler as being particularly taxing 
to listen to.  It the tonality of the music actually grating to listen 
to or is it more that the large-scale structures bother you?

> Now I am listening to a lot of Handle especially his Concerto Grosse. :D

Good stuff!  Despite that I do really like modern music, I still spend 
most of my time listening to stuff more like this (well, this through 
late Romantic).

If baroque or classical style is more to your liking but you're still 
interested in listening to some more modernish composers without the 
earache you might take a listen to Prokofiev's Symphony No.1, 
Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras (no.5 is the best known here), or 
some of Busoni's Bach transcriptions (his arrangement of the famous 
Chaconne for violin in particular is quite well known) to name a few.

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