some immaculately beautiful stupidity.
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Alan Sondheim <sondh...@panix.com> wrote: > > > songs again and again > > eo1-4, Azure Carter, voice, myself, electric oud > eo5, myself, electric oud > > http://www.alansondheim.org/eo1.mp3 > http://www.alansondheim.org/eo2.mp3 > http://www.alansondheim.org/eo3.mp3 > http://www.alansondheim.org/eo4.mp3 > http://www.alansondheim.org/eo5.mp3 > > you'd listen to the ensemble first. you'd take note of the bass response > and the tricks, and playing in and out of tune, and the shame of playing > out of tune. you'd then note, something's present as if murmuring was an > order of the day, sounding through the improbable dance of fingers on a > particularly ungainly solid-body instrument somewhat poorly made by > tharwat saber, egyptian, eleven strings, tuning ADeadg. you'd stay way > from these instruments with overdetermined tradition, but this is strange > enough, open to new ways of playing. i curse myself for playing at all, > it's a useless enterprise, idiotic, narcissistic, not even dance-play, > just wood. http://www.yourworldinstruments.com/product-p/oud-32.htm - an > example. stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid. ok it sounds good. > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- glimpsecontrol.com baiowulf.com
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