Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guy, Like it! But then I do have Riley's "In C" ;-) Latest record bought (this weekend): Steve Vai's 'Flexable Leftovers' (1984), not unlike Frank Zappa meets Will Powers ! Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Guy Bennett [SMTP:gbennett@lainet.com] Sent: 06 March 2001 23:52 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Ang: Leica Users digest V19 #180 I, for one, read each repetition of Goran Bjerklow's post, which could be seen as the email equivalent of the work of certain early minimalist composers, Terry Riley's "In C," and Steve Reich's early tape loop compositions, most notably "Come out" and "It's gonna rain," immediately come to mind. For those of us having problems with Mr. Bjerklow's piece, I suggest the following approach developped by John Cage (who considered himself an maximalist): If something is boring for two minutes, try it for four. If it is still boring at four minutes, try it for eight. If it is still boring at eight minutes, try if for sixteen. Continue in this fashion until it becomes interesting. Guy P.S. And Ted, don't get any ideas! ;)