source file: mills3.txt Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 19:39:18 +0100 Subject: Re: lap steel, bar slants and the surrogate kithara From: alves@orion.ac.hmc.edu (Bill Alves) >There are >currently about 20,000 steel players in the world, but I'd bet that those >doing classical and experimental music number less than 100. I know of less >than 10. > One I know of is Chas Smith, whose recordings on the Cold Blue label in the mid-80s were great. I heard him live around the same time here in LA. I haven't heard from him since, though. His stuff reminded me a lot of La Monte Young, though if I remember right his pieces were all in 12TET. Anyone else? Bill ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ Bill Alves email: alves@hmc.edu ^ ^ Harvey Mudd College URL: http://www2.hmc.edu/~alves/ ^ ^ 301 E. Twelfth St. (909)607-4170 (office) ^ ^ Claremont CA 91711 USA (909)607-7600 (fax) ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: "Paul H. Erlich" Subject: Correction to 22-tone equal & chromaticism PostedDate: 22-12-97 22:15:44 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $MessageStorage: 0 $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: 22-12-97 22:13:31-22-12-97 22:13:31,22-12-97 22:13:03-22-12-97 22:13:04 DeliveredDate: 22-12-97 22:13:04 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2 9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C1256575.007496A4; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:15:23 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA23893; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:15:44 +0100 Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:15:44 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA23897 Received: (qmail 8329 invoked from network); 22 Dec 1997 13:15:41 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 22 Dec 1997 13:15:41 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu