source file: m1353.txt Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 13:56:50 -0800 Subject: non12 rock? From: Jim Flannery Somebody on another mailing list wrote: > In other words I'm less interested in hearing > someone make odd-sounding runs on a microtonal > guitar than I am in hearing someone attempt to > forge a whole new tradition of songcraft within > a microtonal framework. I'm genuinely curious > to hear if anyone's ever succeeded in creating, > for example, a compelling microtonal pop song. > It strikes me that certain ideas of pop could > easily transcend specific scales. Aside from jazz- and blues- oriented stuff, I'm having trouble answering this question ... can anybody offhand list some people doing detwelvulated *pop music* ... i.e. "songs" in some kind of (fairly extended into folk- and psychedelic-, knowing the guy who's asking the question) "rock context"? -------------------------------------------------------- Jim Flannery newgrange@sfo.com "We sincerely apologize if this letter has arrived at the time of illness or sorrow. It was not intended and is regretted."