source file: mills3.txt Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 09:15:50 +0200 Subject: Denny Genovese's music From: sejic@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu (World Harmony Project Inc.) Hi, kids -- delurking for a sec... >>Denny Genovese's band plays >>poppy stuff with a world-music orientation, although it might sometimes >>cross over the "art" world. > > It struck me as closer to the art world, but hey, who's to say where to >draw that line? >Me. And it's right over there. No, a little to the left, by the sofa... I'm gratified to have gotten some attention for a while. For years I was always at a loss to answer the question "What kind of music do you play/compose?" It is NOT pop, nor is it classical, nor is it truly that of any existing style, American or otherwise, not even the one called "New Music". But it does have elements in common with many different styles around the world. What I have always tried to do is get to the very basic elements of music and creatively expand upon those principles to produce something that transcends styles. The result is that it sounds familiar to almost everyone, but yet it sounds different, too. Norman Henry once told me that I play "Exotic Music". I liked the Sound of that, so we are the "Exotic Music Ensemble". For those who have not heard us, we use 17 limit extended Just Intonation in a matrix of nine Harmonic Series scales (1-32) and as many subharmonic series scales (1-24). We also use lots of odd time signatures and polyrhythms in our counterpoint. Most of our instruments are homemade (inspired by Partch). And yes, we take stylistic elements from all over the world. we also like to blur the distinctions between classical, pop, folk and jazz idiums. We work with dancers whenever possible. Check out our web page! Best wishes, Denny Genovese Director Southeast Just Intonation Center sejic@afn.org World Harmony Project Inc. PO Box 15464 http://www.afn.org/~sejic Gainesville, FL 32604 USA SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: gbreed@cix.compulink.co.uk Subject: Re: Software setup PostedDate: 20-09-97 16:43:50 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH RouteTimes: 20-09-97 16:43:39-20-09-97 16:43:40,20-09-97 16:42:50-20-09-97 16:42:50 DeliveredDate: 20-09-97 16:42:50 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA v1.1 (385.6 5-6-1997)) with SMTP id C1256518.0050E3BF; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 16:43:31 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA01893; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 16:43:50 +0200 Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 16:43:50 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA01891 Received: (qmail 29766 invoked from network); 20 Sep 1997 14:43:42 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 20 Sep 1997 14:43:42 -0000 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu