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At 10:30 AM -0500 1/18/03, dennis@mail.worldserver.com wrote: >Thanks for the recommendations, Rick! > >Reading "Silence" was a pivotal point for me. For me, too, Cage's >"philosophy" is more influential than his music. I especially appreciate >how he encourages "new" music and approaches to composing/performing >WITHOUT >putting down established methods. "The more, the merrier." as he says. >That attitude fosters such a positive, affirming, and creative approach. > >----------- > >:D >I have an unreleased version of 4'33" built from time-lapsed recordings of >overlapping silence. It's awesome how the overdubs build, layer upon >layer, >to a cataclysmic intensity of resounding nothingness. It's actually 5 >minutes long so perhaps I should call it 4'33" (Extended Version). > >Perhaps we need to put together a 4'33" festival featuring different >performances of this piece? Such an undertaking requires superb >equipment, >of course. Just think of the PA and recording equipment necessary! > >Too much fun (and silliness) too early, I need more coffee. > > I agree completely with both of these posts. Though some of my head arrangements for 4:33 do require equipment -- e.g., an arrangement in which a 'sportscaster' is narrating the performance, and building up excitement about whether the pianist would really be able to restrain him or her self from playing a note., A variant that comes to mind is that with about 30 seconds left, the pianist tosses a coin, heads he remains silent, tails she plays a huge block chord at the end. There is also the lopping variant, in which someone saying the words "4 minutes, 33 seconds" is looped and improvised on for 4 minutes, 33 seconds. -- Happy 2003, only prime year of the decade! Visit "Before the Fall -- Images of the World Trade Center" at http://www.foryourhead.com Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D. Video Producer Image Processing Specialist Video for your HEAD! Boris FX http://www.foryourhead.com http://www.borisfx.com