Uncertain Times (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
John Cage on sound: from the film, Écoute (1992) John Cage was a major influence on the musical portion of my life. I must admit that it was his ideas about and experiments with sound that were the primary inspiration, rather than the recorded compositions. In his 1937 lecture on the future of music he predicted the synthesizer and sampler, and in accord with my at-the-time...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Three exciting events are on the horizon featuring drummer Brian Jones:On September 18, Chop Suey Books hosts Musicircus, the perennial celebration of composer John Cage. Organized by Jones, the Musicircus will feature several musicians throughout the store and in the back yard playing music at the...
RVAjazz (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Three exciting events are on the horizon featuring drummer Brian Jones : On September 18, Chop Suey Books hosts Musicircus , the perennial celebration of composer John Cage. Organized by Jones, the Musicircus will feature several musicians throughout the store and in the back yard playing music at the same time. From 8 to 9 pm, cacophony will be in the ear of the beholder as different...
Cool Noise (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
I’m pretty familiar with John Cage’s prepared piano. He would take a handful of screws, nuts, bolts and throw them onto the piano strings. When the pianist played his compositions, the notes would sound very different if any of the detiritus thrown. All sorts of plinks and plonks get introduced. This introduced chance (the [...]
