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Is this it? http://www.aumfidelity.com/aum004.html >From the liner notes by Joe Morris: This set of pieces was originally named The Green Book. Inspired by a collection of visual graphic aids by that name created by the late composer/improviser/pianist Lowell Davidson... Lowell's Green Book was intended to be used as a guide for improvisation. It consisted of a set of color Xerox images made by the copier running on it's own without source material. The results were dense blotches of random pattern and color. Lowell considered the Green Book to be one of his most advanced devices to be used to steer himself and his players. Others included index cards with different sizes of notes (these were similar to the work of other composers from the 50s and 60s) and his invented staves which were intended to isolate certain musical zones and sounds. He also notated on materials other than paper and used methods of notating such as making holes in aluminum foil and placing it in front of a light bulb. Lowell said that by looking at the foil you could imprint the pattern of light on your synapses and then transfer the pattern to your instrument. In one of Lowell's most extreme experiments, he stared into a high wattage chrome coated light bulb every day for what he claimed was three years-I didn't know him at that time. [snip] -----Original Message----- From: Timothy Mungenast [mailto:mungenast@earthlink.net] Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 7:11 PM To: Hartung, Kris Cc: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com Subject: Joe Morris's unusual book RE: 3 Mah-na mah-na MP3s Here Morris mentioned this aforementioned very unusual music book in a Boston Globe article, which I probably still have because I don't throw anything away, but which I cannot find because I don't throw anything away ;-) ~Tim > [Original Message] > From: Hartung, Kris <kris.hartung@hp.com> > To: <mungenast@earthlink.net> > Date: 6/5/2005 7:15:52 AM > Subject: RE: 3 Mah-na mah-na MP3s Here > > I haven't heard of that book, but it sounds intriguing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy Mungenast [mailto:mungenast@earthlink.net] > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 7:38 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: RE: 3 Mah-na mah-na MP3s Here > > Hey Kris! > The few Morris tunes I've heard were magical. Didn't he write this > un-sane music book based on colors? If so, where can I find it? > And congrats on your post-partum gig!!!!!!!!!! > ~Tim > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Hartung, Kris <kris.hartung@hp.com> > > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > > Date: 6/4/2005 9:38:56 AM > > Subject: RE: 3 Mah-na mah-na MP3s Here > > > > You're leaning cello? Move to Boise asap. I can't find a cello > > player in a 300 miles square radius who is interested in looping and > > playing avant-garde music...sort of like Kronos Quartet meets Joe Morris. > > Anyone guitar players out there listen to Joe? I have a few of his > > CDs...he's kind like the Cecil Taylor or Eric Dolphy of > > guitarists...not for everyone, but seems to be where my mind has > > been drifting these days. > > > > All hail Grover.... > > > > Kris out > > > > P.S. I had my first gig a few days ago with my laptop and virtual > > VST effect rack. I'll post a soundclip this week of a very > > experimental tune I recorded. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tim Nelson [mailto:psychle62@yahoo.com] > > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 6:48 AM > > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > > Subject: Re: 3 Mah-na mah-na MP3s Here > > > > > > Sooo, let me guess, Oscar the Grouch and Kermit both use the DL4, > > Elmo > > > uses an RC-20... (follow the garanimal color theory here?) > > > > I think Big Bird once contributed to an LD thread in which he > > complained that it was hard for him to use the EDP footpedal without > > hitting several buttons at once. > > > > I come from that in-between age demographic (post-boomer, pre-gen-x) > > where when Sesame Street first aired I was old enough to think it > > was just for littler kids but young enough that adults assumed my > > friends and I would want to see it, thus setting up an archetypal > > resentment that defines my mini-generation. > > We generally preferred Batman and Gilligan's Island reruns... > > > > About a year ago I was doing some genealogical research and > > discovered > > > the family "secret" that my surname should actually be Grover. (Long > > story involving my great-grandfather's two wives; his > > *middle* name was Nelson...) I don't think I'm in any way related to > > the blue near/far muppet, but here's a link you might enjoy: > > <http://www.zeroboutique.com/grover/> > > > > Back to looping; I'm learning cello, and have an ever-deepening > > respect for Zoe and her ilk. (Keating, that is, not the muppet...) > > > > -t- > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com >