Subject: Re: (exotica) an old low-tech fart speaks
As a 41 year mystified by the music being promoted today I sometimes feel the way you do Chuck. I was a boy when the phrase ôdonÆt trust anyone over 30ö came out and IÆve tried to be more opened minded than my dad and his attitude towards the hippie long hair days.
But good music can be found and there is always those of the ôyoungerö generation who will look back to those who came before and learn from them. These are usually the ones who create something worth listening too.
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Minidisk And High Frequencies
From Steve,
>If the blues he transferred were originally from a 78 source, odds
>are the music didn't extend up into the higher frequencies. I snip
>off the top end would only cut out surface noise.
My friend has been doing the Blues show here at WJUL for the last 20 years and has a lot of groups come on and do live gigs. He's taped all these shows over the years and has been putting these tapes on the mini disks.
I believe he played one of these "from the vaults" recordings today, maybe re-recorded from the original tape. Sounded fine while I was in the truck going to the liquor store. (had a family party and am pissed (drunk) right now...can you tell??)
I would never bother with mini-disks now that I have a CD-RW drive anyways....make a mistake and your only out 50 cents. Plus you can play it anywhere. the home, the office, the car...
As thinkmatic would say...( and he's off the list for a bit) you have to be a dog to tell the difference. And it may be true that you are missing some of the high end but your mind adjusts quicky to the sound quality and you just focus on the music. Like with those all Billie Holiday and Caruso recordings.
As as Steve mentioned about the 78's....The high end would just be surface noise...so get rid of it and enjoy the music.
Domenic Ciccone
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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:05:43 -0400
From: alan zweig <azed@pathcom.com>
Subject: (exotica) Bernie Krause on A&E
I didn't get the context because my girlfriend was watching the show on
headphones (I was supposed to be working and she didn't want to disturb me...)
But anyway, tonight on A&E there was this show about whales - or maybe not
- - and they were interviewing this "acoustics expert" by the name of Bernie
Krause.
I bet it's the same Bernie Krause from Beaver and Krause. He looked about
the right age - early fifties. And you could see how a moog player might
have to branch out into recording whale sounds or becoming an expert in
sounds.
So, can anyone confirm or deny? Did anyone see him and have the same
reaction? Is anyone avoiding their work like I am right now?
Nat
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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 11:50:25 +0200
From: Moritz R <webmaster@derplan.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) an old low-tech fart speaks
Chuck Collazzi wrote:
> Yes, but....
> Where are the Richard Rodgerses, Michel Legrands, Jimmy Webbs, Paul Simons,
> Cole Porters, George Martins, Maurice Ravels, Charles Minguses, Dinah
> Washingtons, Roland Hannas, Dave Brubecks, Stan Getzes, Richards (Wagner &
> Strauss), Oscar Petersons, Giacomo Puccinis, Thelonious Monks etc etc etc of
> this generation?
Yes, where are they? There where always times in music history where close to
nothing new happened. Maybe we go through such a period now. Maybe you were just
better in *composing*, when you still had to learn *playing* an instrument. I
guess Mike Ace would agree here, no?
> I apologize if I sound contentious, but I teach music privately and at the
> university level and am dismayed. Your comments are appreciated.
> The Exotica list is often a glimmer of sanity (but not always! ;)
Oh, I liked your post very much. After all the technical/political debates it
was a relief to read a touching impressionistic view of the essentials of music.
Should happen more often.
Mo
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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 11:51:55 +0200
From: Moritz R <webmaster@derplan.com>
Subject: (exotica) audio formats
My friend Bernd just told me about an experimant they made recently with
all kinds of musicians, music journalists, university music professors,
sound engineers and the like. These people were blindfold-tested with
the contemporary audio standards, MP3, Mini Disc, CD, even audio
cassette etc. The result of the test was that nobody could really
distinguish between those formats. It all seems to be a myth.
Mo
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Date: 07 Aug 2000 14:08:09 -0400
From: Eric Taub <eric_taub@wgbh.org>
Subject: (exotica) Theremin in a briefcase
Can be yours for $1,099.95 thru Hammacher Schlemmer. Don't know if this =
has been mentioned before. And I'm not an agent of or affiliated with H/S.=
Anyway, it's actually kinda cool looking. I wonder what it be like =
carrying it thru luggage check and having the guard ask you to prove its =
not some type of bomb.
Full description is at hammacher.com.
Eric
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Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:05:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jane Fondle <jane_fondle_69@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Theremin in a briefcase
- --- Eric Taub <eric_taub@wgbh.org> wrote:
>
> Can be yours for $1,099.95 thru Hammacher Schlemmer.
> Don't know if this has been mentioned before. And
> I'm not an agent of or affiliated with H/S. Anyway,
> it's actually kinda cool looking. I wonder what it
> be like carrying it thru luggage check and having
> the guard ask you to prove its not some type of
> bomb.
> Full description is at hammacher.com.
> Eric
That does seem cool! I am still a big fan of my Big
Briar, the kit which sells for $149.
Oscillating happily, Jane Fondle
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