[Dixielandjazz] FW: Music in the Dark

[Dixiejazzdata]

 Especially enlightening to the music of John Cage, and would be a terrific experience,if you added
a performance for the deaf and hearing impaired of a MIME spray painted in flouresent paint under
a ceiling over the stage BLACK LIGHT  that could not be seen by the audience.

But since people listen to music in this generations with their eyes it just might not be a big
success at the box office.   Quick somebody write for a Grant to Produce this Proto Type GIG.

Perhaps they could stage this wonderful concert in the Psych ward of Bellview or in Congress
while seeking approval for NEA & NPR Funding for Art's Sake. :))  LOL


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com>
To: B.B. Buffington <dixiejazzdata at aol.com>
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 7:46 am
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] FW:  Music in the Dark


>the listeners experience a heightened state of awareness, becoming acutely

attuned to the intricacies of a psychedelically beautiful soundscape that

unfolds in total darkness"?





I'm not sure about the gibberish mentioned in the sentence above, but

closing your eyes while listening to music can be enlightening (intentional

pun!).  



When working on a mix, it is necessary to be able to hear all the different

parts of the music & where they are placed in the panorama of the mix...in

level, direction & in depth.  Closing your eyes can help to "visualize" all

of this.



After restoring a dozen 1950's recordings for the famous "Monks of Silos"

Gregorian Chants, I heard them live (well, the choir as it is today) in

their church in Silos, Spain.  My wife & I sat in the front of the church,

but I soon moved to the very back of the church & sat behind a pillar where

I couldn't see the choir.  Seeing them was detracting from my listening,

particulary as that was how I had been experiencing their music (hearing

only) during the some 500 hours it took me to complete their collection in

my studio.



Spain's renowned jazz saxophonist, Pedro Iturralde, normally sits with his

eyes closed if he comes to hear our band.  That is not because he can't

stand to look at us, it's because he is concentrating on what he is hearing.



Jim





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