Re: OT West African/African Diaspora rhythms: 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 12/8

["Mark Showalter" <folkstone57@operamail.com>]

Hello,

I would rather be torn to pieces by an entire pride of sea lions then face 
one mermaid ***shudder***
> 
> 
> I am more afraid of mermaids, especially the very young ones...
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mark Showalter <folkstone57@operamail.com>
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Sent: Sun, September 12, 2010 4:47:22 PM
> Subject: Re: OT West African/African Diaspora rhythms: 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 
>12/8
> 
> 
> > Hello,
> 
> Sounds great & enjoy! BTW, watch out for sea lions, they can be vicious!
> 
> > ok Mark I m taking a chamanic trip to the ocean right now, I ll let 
>yióu know
> > what I see feel and hear.
> >
> > Antony
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Mark Showalter <folkstone57@operamail.com>
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Sent: Sun, September 12, 2010 4:41:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: OT West African/African Diaspora rhythms: 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 
>12/8
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > hey let's shut down the world wide net: what is a sub pulse? Does 
>anyone
> have
> > > one I could look at:-)
> >
> > Of you can go look at one. First, go to the nearest ocean.
> >
> > Second, find a sub.
> >
> > Third, follow it around, preferably several miles underwater 
> > because it's easier
> > to see pulses way down there.
> >
> > Let us all know when you see one.
> >
> > > Antony Hequet
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: Mark Showalter <folkstone57@operamail.com>
> > > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > > Sent: Sun, September 12, 2010 12:27:42 AM
> > > Subject: Re: OT West African/African Diaspora rhythms: 3/4, 4/4, 
>6/8, 12/8
> > >
> > >
> > > >   Hi Andy,
> > > > Nice points that you make.
> > > >
> > > > My feeling however is that the Western perspective which > 
> > assigns > lesser value to rhythm than
> > > > melody, harmony or lyric (note:  if you invent an entire 
> > genre > of > music based on a single rhythm
> > > > like Tony Allen did when he invented the groove for 
> > 'AfroBeat' > > for Fela Kuti you can't even
> > > > get royalties from the music...........witness the Amen Break 
> > > > that so revolutionized a lot of sample based hip
> > > > hop)  has a very serious flaw when it comes to notation , and 
> > > > that is that it doesn't have the
> > > > concept of the 'sub-pulse'
> > > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'd just like to point out here that the idea of getting > 
> > royalties for coming up
> > > with a "groove" or "feel" or such like is a very unreal concept. To 
>say the
> > > least, it would put the courts into a position that is far worse 
>than what
> is
> > > the norm today. Take Harrison being sued for "My Sweet Lord", which 
>was
> > > ridiculous & almost certainly would not have gone into the courts 
>today.
> > > Besides, keep in mind that courts are not "esthetically" 
> > trained > to really be in
> > > a position to make decisions about the arts. Plus, there would 
> > > come a time when
> > > one "groove" would start to sound like another & the more the > 
> > lines blurred, the
> > > worse the situation would get. And to say the least, try to > 
> > explain to a court
> > > what a "sub-pulse" is........
> > > Good luck on that one because as a composer/arranger with 8 years as 
>a
> > > theory/composition in 2 colleges, I'm still not clear on what the 
>hell a
> > > sub-pulse is even though several drummers/percussionists that I 
> > > have worked with
> > > in the past have explained it to me over the years. I feel 
> > somewhat like one
> > > bemused fellow who said after taking a boat trip with Albert 
>Einstein:
> > >
> > > "After several long explanations from the professor, I am finally 
>able to
> say
> > > that when it comes to Relativity Theory, he understands it well. "
> > >
> > > BTW, please do NOT try to explain what a sub-pulse is as I have 
> > > the feeling it
> > > would start a cascade of email arguments that would shut down 
> > the world wide
> > > internet!
> > >
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