source file: m1405.txt Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 19:06:22 -0700 Subject: re: Buzz and other tuning related stuff From: Xou Oxno Thee Eternal Hstick writes: >For Feiten to devise a system that helps working musicians >sound better on a gig, I have only good feelings...again, though, I >personally feel it's time that the music world begins to understand what >12 eq is, how and why it came into being, and that there are other >options. Unfortunately, the magazine editors that I am in contact with >seem uninterested in pursuing the subject...and that does piss me off, >because they make it seem like 12eq is IT, and it surely is only one >tuning out of zillions...Hstick They ARE editors of a GUITAR MAGAZINE. Come on! Instead of writing an article on theory try this... Write an article on John Schneider. He's been performing the music of this centuries ground breaking microtonal composers (Lou Harrison, Harrry Partch, La Monte Young) for a couple of years now, has a few cd's out with plans for more. Next cd he releases - write an article about him and his guitars and shop it around. If you get more room than a half page, a feature even! - maybe you can convince them that you should also write a side bar on the short history of tuning. You could even write about Rod Poole, hopefully his next cd will come out this year. If GP still doesn't go for it, try Musician magazine. They seem to be interested in the educational aspect of magazine content. If it goes that far, maybe the article should be written by somebody else so that Neil Haverstick fellow (who?) can be included with Jon Catler (that Birdhouse cd should be out this year), John Schneider, Dan Stearns and other microtonal guitarists. At that point - maybe, if it gets that far - Johnny Reinhard or John Chalmers or some aspiring theorist could write the side bar or even a full separate article. Don't forget to include URLs like: 1/1, Starrett's Tuning Links page, The main Partch site - Corpreal Meadows, the La Monte site - MELA Foundation, info about joining the list. I know a bit about the magazine biz: I'm in it. "Now stop it. You've proved your point." Jimmy Brown Guitar World/Maximum Guitar editor after I showed him how to tune a guitar to upper harmonics. Thee Eternal Hstick also wrote: >PS...Foote's accidental post about trolls was appreciated >..this list is usually very peaceful; occasionally a >personal dig surfaces, and it always says more about >the digger than the digee...no need for personal >attacks...HHH You're way too fragile for the net Neil! Maybe it would make you happy if you knew that I finished writing this whole letter and Netscape made my computer crash - I had to start all over. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * And some other things... If you (that means anyone reading this!) catch a microtonal concert in your neighborhood, maybe you can sit down at the computer and wack out an in depth review for us? There was a concert in Southern California last month and it was hardly mentioned. Neil Haverstick (aka Hstick, HHH, Aline Surman, any more?) has to review his own concerts. Sheesh! If 100 people came: not one of them is on this list and they can't write a review??? Before I step down off of my soap box...don't forget: AFMM, this Thursday & Friday, Columbia U., Saint Paul's Chapel NY, NY 8pm. Be there or be out of town. ;) * D a v i d B e a r d s l e y * xouoxnoREMOVE-THIS@virtulink.com * * J u x t a p o s i t i o n E z i n e * M E L A v i r t u a l d r e a m house monitor * * http://www.virtulink.com/immp/lookhere.htm