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quoted 2 lines spent. Buy a cheap effects box and set up a dense feedback delay, add a

>spent. Buy a cheap effects box and set up a dense feedback delay, add a >radio shack microphone hanging out the window and/or take lots of drugs.

btw, do i need to buy an accordian too ;-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

definatelly worth it. When do you get to go to the desert stoned or on mushrooms to listen to the rocks (i mean it, put your hear against them..) i'd say it's up there for the most left field 'music' experiences very inteliggent dance(term used loosely) music/ Ricky@agrolights ----------

quoted 16 lines From: Yonnie Lui <cvgate@intergate.ca>

> From: Yonnie Lui <cvgate@intergate.ca> > To: idm@hyperreal.org > Subject: [idm] Deep Listening Workshop > Date: Saturday, July 21, 2001 2:10 PM > > has anyone tried out Pauline Oliveros' Deep Listening Workshop before? > wonder if it's worthwhile splurging $250 cdn for a 3-day meditation > workshop?! > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

From: Yonnie Lui <cvgate@intergate.ca>

quoted 3 lines has anyone tried out Pauline Oliveros' Deep Listening Workshop before?

> has anyone tried out Pauline Oliveros' Deep Listening Workshop before? > wonder if it's worthwhile splurging $250 cdn for a 3-day meditation > workshop?!

Having read the article about her in the Wire this month, I get the feeling that the money might be better spent. Buy a cheap effects box and set up a dense feedback delay, add a radio shack microphone hanging out the window and/or take lots of drugs. Of course I am being horribly unfair, but I can't help the feeling that this kind of 'micromusic' is only really enjoyable on a participative level. If you are that interested you probably spend a lot of time just listening to the sound of your environement and interesting spaces anyway...I'm not sure how much more one would get out of it by doing it in a group. Go on, shoot me. Anig Browl _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

From: Pier G Antolini <antolini@worldnet.att.net>

quoted 2 lines definatelly worth it.

> definatelly worth it. > When do you get to go to the desert stoned or on mushrooms to listen to

the

quoted 1 line rocks (i mean it, put your hear against them..)

> rocks (i mean it, put your hear against them..)

Um, but why do you need a workshop as an excuse to do this? Just get high (or not, though it helps) and go sit in a forest for the afternoon, or a cave, or whatever sort of spaces you find interesting. I don't mean to run down the workshop, it's great for introducing the concept to people who would perhaps never bother to listen this way otherwise, but once one has the idea to do this lessons seem kind of redundant to me. Anig Browl _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 7 lines From: Anig Browl [mailto:anig_browl@yahoo.com]

> From: Anig Browl [mailto:anig_browl@yahoo.com] > Um, but why do you need a workshop as an excuse to do this? Just get high > (or not, though it helps) and go sit in a forest for the afternoon, or a > cave, or whatever sort of spaces you find interesting. I don't mean to run > down the workshop, it's great for introducing the concept to people who > would perhaps never bother to listen this way otherwise, but once one has > the idea to do this lessons seem kind of redundant to me.

Spoken like someone who's never tried it (Deep Listening). Deep Listening is more than just listening to rocks and trees. It's about listening to other people and learning from them. It also incorporated discussions of dreams, meditation, and Tai Chi. We stayed in a convent, so the food was homegrown (by the nuns) and I had a pretty peaceful, relaxing stay. Not to mention the added benefit of meeting all sorts of musicians (and not) from all walks of life. My favorite part was sitting in my car with four strangers, listening to their compositions and conversations. I'm not suggesting that the experience is for everyone, but I think it can be a very good one. Jeez, listening and making music used to be a social event... ____________________________ Christopher Sorg Multimedia Artist/Instructor csorg@enteract.com http://csorg.cjb.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

From: Christopher Sorg <csorg@enteract.com>

quoted 1 line Spoken like someone who's never tried it (Deep Listening).

> Spoken like someone who's never tried it (Deep Listening).

I haven't attended one of the workshops, but it doesn't sound all that different from the way I try to spend a good part of time normally. Perhaps I have a less busy lifestyle than yourself or something. As I said elsewhere I'm not against the idea of the workshop at all, but personally I would prefer not to have someone guiding the direction of that sort of experience. Incidentally I have no problems with the social dimension, I enjoy listening time spent with musical (or not) friends as much as I do that on my own. Anig Browl _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

From: Yonnie Lui <cvgate@intergate.ca>

quoted 1 line btw, do i need to buy an accordian too ;-)

> btw, do i need to buy an accordian too ;-)

Only if you want folk credibility :-) Anig Browl _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 5 lines From: Anig Browl [mailto:anig_browl@yahoo.com]

> From: Anig Browl [mailto:anig_browl@yahoo.com] > From: Yonnie Lui <cvgate@intergate.ca> > > btw, do i need to buy an accordian too ;-) > > Only if you want folk credibility :-)

I believe that was a Pauline Oliveros joke. She plays accordian through some crazy electronics setups. Worked with John Cage, David Tudor, Nicolas Collins, etc, etc. ____________________________ Christopher Sorg Multimedia Artist/Instructor csorg@enteract.com http://csorg.cjb.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Yonnie Lui wrote:

quoted 3 lines has anyone tried out Pauline Oliveros' Deep Listening Workshop before?

> has anyone tried out Pauline Oliveros' Deep Listening Workshop before? > wonder if it's worthwhile splurging $250 cdn for a 3-day meditation > workshop?!

I've never done one of Pauline's workshops, but I know her and Stewart Dempster personally & seen the Deep Listening Band on numerous occasions. (And, actually, I'm a little amazed at most of the the IDM-sters ignorance of their work over the last 10 years -- I guess until it's in Wire it doesn't count as IDM, eh?) If you want to learn to be conscious of the human body as sound receptor and how to reflect that knowledge in your own music, she's probably a good teacher for you. If you just want to drop a tab of e and swing your glowsticks, you can probably find a better use of your money. (Just think of how many visors and wide-leg pants you could buy with $250!!! The mind boggles!) -Tim =================== Tim Rhodes memes@sil2k.org Eyes, Ears & Memes, SIL2K Strategic Improv Laboratories 2000 www.sil2k.org =================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

From: Christopher Sorg <csorg@enteract.com>

quoted 2 lines I believe that was a Pauline Oliveros joke. She plays accordian through

> I believe that was a Pauline Oliveros joke. She plays accordian through > some crazy electronics setups. Worked with John Cage, David Tudor,

Nicolas

quoted 1 line Collins, etc, etc.

> Collins, etc, etc.

Accordions are kind of inherently cool to me, there's something about the whole notion of bellows (including uileann pipes and the like) which is cute. Maybe instruments with bellows are the earliest forms of synthesizers. Anig Browl _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Anig Browl wrote:

quoted 3 lines Accordions are kind of inherently cool to me, there's something about the

> Accordions are kind of inherently cool to me, there's something about the > whole notion of bellows (including uileann pipes and the like) which is > cute. Maybe instruments with bellows are the earliest forms of synthesizers.

I like that. Accordians, bagpipes, pipe organs, instruments which could almost produce sound without human interference. Just thinking of the old 19th century experiments with vocal tract "synthesizers", bellows and all, trying to imitate the human voice. Those were nifty. Chris --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

--- Anig Browl <anig_browl@yahoo.com> wrote:

quoted 10 lines From: Christopher Sorg <csorg@enteract.com>

> From: Christopher Sorg <csorg@enteract.com> > > I believe that was a Pauline Oliveros joke. She plays accordian through > > some crazy electronics setups. Worked with John Cage, David Tudor, > Nicolas > > Collins, etc, etc. > > Accordions are kind of inherently cool to me, there's something about the > whole notion of bellows (including uileann pipes and the like) which is > cute. Maybe instruments with bellows are the earliest forms of synthesizers. >

Check out Jah Wobble on his current(?) tour, his band is amazing, the drummer - spectacular - and there are two other band members who play about two dozen or so bellow-driven & wind instruments over the bass heavy riddims.. -i __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 3 lines From: Anig Browl

>From: Anig Browl > > Maybe instruments with bellows are the earliest forms of synthesizers.

totally. belows began a process of mechanization by offering an external lung to play with a constancy that was impossible to achieve by mere human effort. i think the progression goes somethin like: flutes > reed instruments > bagpipes > harmoniums > organs > synthesizers those elaborate 16th to 19th century church organs in Europe were all powered by bellows in the pre-electronic era. with their keyboard interface and many stops (the predecessor to 'patches') they seem like the direct precursor to certain kinds of synthesizers. k --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org