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

To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
From: "Mark Showalter" <folkstone57@operamail.com>
Subject: Re: OT West African/African Diaspora rhythms: 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 12/8
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:02:03 +0100

> 
> 
>   I was thinking of hercules when i brought up the amazons, interesting 
>how
> heroes had to confront the amazons and this was considered some of the 
>most
> dangerous feats. Amazons are like dragons, forces of nature:-)

Hmm....isn't it interesting how some experiences are born out of a 
statement based on plain common sense.?

> I left my double to seek the source of those voices. He is better than I 
>am at
> getting out of trouble, especially when it comes to seductive ladies. 
>Hope he
> will get into trouble!

 Doesn't sound like you & your double get along very well. Either that or 
his luck at dating is as bad as mine...... 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mark Showalter <folkstone57@operamail.com>
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Sent: Sun, September 12, 2010 6:02:59 PM
> Subject: Re: OT West African/African Diaspora rhythms: 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 
>12/8
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > notice how heroes always go soft when it comes to mermaids and amazons
> 
> Well, I seem to recall that Theseus did OK when it came to Amazons, 
> although he
> did have Hercules to help him with the hard bits.
> 
> > gotta love that sub though, enjoying the low pulse, no sea lions, 
> > no sea horses
> > therefore no sub aqua amazons...
> 
> Sounds perfectly boring, sorry my bad advice didn't prove more 
> entertaining when
> it came to the local fauna.
> 
> > but I am hearing beautiful voices, must go and see what it is, 
> > will report later
> > about these bone melting sounds
> 
> Well, that's all right then, something good came out of the odyssey 
>after all.
> 
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Mark Showalter <folkstone57@operamail.com>
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Sent: Sun, September 12, 2010 5:11:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: OT West African/African Diaspora rhythms: 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 
>12/8
> >
> > 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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> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Mark Showalter
> > > > Minden Jot!
> > > >
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