On Apr 2, 2008, at 6:54 PM, Marek Reavis wrote:
It's not just the
musicality per se for me, and I don't contemplate performance, but
I'm interested in the whole process of learning an instrument; and to
paraphrase Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance, being able to consciously
interact with a "dead" instrument to bring out not only its unique
aural properties, but to create the sound of consciousness by
collaborating with the instrument.
And portability would be a fine thing, too.
Marek,
How about the recorder? It's definitely portable, not too difficult
to learn the basics, and it's beautiful. And most of them are not
real expensive. You could start out with that and then go on to
something more complicated.
Sal
