Re: OT Now We Will Hear Freedom

["Jim W." <synchro1@gmail.com>]

It is a great quote & I don't recall seeing it before - thanks, Rick.
I back-tracked a citation to this very nice percussion overview at:
http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=60tp03

Not the original source but a very interesting read.




On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Mark Showalter
<folkstone57@operamail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Anyone have an idea of the context of that quote?
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: tEd ® KiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net>
>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>> Subject: Re: OT Now We Will Hear Freedom
>> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:54:31 -0800
>>
>>
>> Wonderful quote there Rick.
>>
>> Thanks for sharing.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Ted
>>
>> On Nov 26, 2010, at 11:48 AM, Rick Walker wrote:
>>
>> > Percussion music is revolution. Sound and rhythm have too long
>> > been  submissive to the restrictions of nineteenth century music.
>> > Today we  are fighting for their emancipation. Tomorrow, with
>> > electronic music  in our ears, we will hear freedom.
>> >
>> > - John Cage
>> >
>> >
>> > A wonderful quote from the maestro himself.   In a way,  live
>> > looping tools have
>> > really done wonders to further this quest for the emancipation he
>> >  talks of, don't you think?
>> >
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>>
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