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You lucky dog! I saw Clapping Music performed live once and was absolutely spellbound and impressed by way they built up their interlocking patterns and polyrhythms. Drumming is beautiful too. I hope he comes to my area soon. Very inspirational. - Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "murkie" <murkie@panther.middlebury.edu> To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 3:13 PM Subject: OT: Steve Reich & Musicians > > i was lucky enough to have in my concert hall (well the one i manage at > Middlebury College, anyway) a performance by Steve Reich and his company of > musicians. it was a remarkable evening made even more enjoyable by meeting > a fellow looper's-d contributor, Todd Reynolds. geek talk was kept to a > relative minimum, though how to unsubscribe was touched upon. > > the program was: > > Clapping Music > New York Counterpoint > Drumming, pt 1 > Nagoya Marimbas > Different Trains > > it's one thing to hear recordings of Reich's works and a totally >different > thing to be in the room while the musicans are performing. really > inspirational! the only downside was my looping rig wasn't up and >running > when i finally got home. that's okay though. hearing Different Trains > made me head for my sampler instead. > > Mr. Reich also spoke at the beginning of the concert and dedicated that > evenings performance to four Middlebury College students who were killed at > the beginning of the week in an auto accident. a very nice gesture. > > 'scuse me, i gotta go practice now. > > m > > p.s. - another highlight? watching Reich do some of the house sound mix > himself. > > ===================================================================== > = = > = M a r k C h r i s t e n s e n = > = Cramped Quarters Studio / Jasperpottamus Music Publishing = > = internet: murkie@middlebury.edu = > = http://www.middlebury.edu/~mchriste/murkie.html = > = = > ===================================================================== > >