liebot Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 (edited) to quote Jack Handey: "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." sorry, i know that was completely OT. Edited October 24, 2005 by TTitans909 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein On The Beach Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Question: If a corps does 4'33", do they still have to pay a licensing fee?Silent drill is pretty cool sometimes. Actually, maybe. Cage had silence copyrighted apparently. And mind you there was a score for 4'33", in 3 movements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Actually, maybe. Cage had silence copyrighted apparently. And mind you there was a score for 4'33", in 3 movements. You either play the real thing or you play an imitation, and who would do that at a recital? Seriously, when I was working on my masters in composition, I wrote a piece that was performed at a composers' convo at Northern Illinois University that had one of the dancers announce, "Four minutes, thirty-three seconds of John Cage choaking on a chicken bone imitations." And yes, the lead dancer used a stopwatch. It was extremely seditious, the kind of thing you could only get away with in college...unless you were John Cage. Ever see his piece for amplified cactus? I'm not making this up. Condenser mikes are attached to parts of a cactus and then the cactus barbs are plucked. I couldn't tell you if the cactus likes that or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow Adam Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 You either play the real thing or you play an imitation, and who would do that at a recital?Seriously, when I was working on my masters in composition, I wrote a piece that was performed at a composers' convo at Northern Illinois University that had one of the dancers announce, "Four minutes, thirty-three seconds of John Cage choaking on a chicken bone imitations." And yes, the lead dancer used a stopwatch. It was extremely seditious, the kind of thing you could only get away with in college...unless you were John Cage. Ever see his piece for amplified cactus? I'm not making this up. Condenser mikes are attached to parts of a cactus and then the cactus barbs are plucked. I couldn't tell you if the cactus likes that or not. Reason #1 for amplification: Proper keyboard technique. Reason #2 for amplification: Smaller pit sizes. Reason #3 for amplification: Before, you just couldn't hear the cactus being plucked in the GE box. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein On The Beach Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 You either play the real thing or you play an imitation, and who would do that at a recital?Seriously, when I was working on my masters in composition, I wrote a piece that was performed at a composers' convo at Northern Illinois University that had one of the dancers announce, "Four minutes, thirty-three seconds of John Cage choaking on a chicken bone imitations." And yes, the lead dancer used a stopwatch. It was extremely seditious, the kind of thing you could only get away with in college...unless you were John Cage. Ever see his piece for amplified cactus? I'm not making this up. Condenser mikes are attached to parts of a cactus and then the cactus barbs are plucked. I couldn't tell you if the cactus likes that or not. Amplified cactus? Oh..my..god.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trwiggin Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Amplified cactus? Oh..my..god.. The title of the cactus piece is "Child of Tree". If you are interested in checking out Cage I suggest you try the "Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano" or the 3 "Constructions" for percussion ensemble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein On The Beach Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 The title of the cactus piece is "Child of Tree". If you are interested in checking out Cage I suggest you try the "Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano" or the 3 "Constructions" for percussion ensemble. I'm familiar with some of his stuff, mostly his outlandish concepts (like the piece of music which is supposed to last over 500 years or somehting). I've heard his Suite for Toy Piano among other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourouttheforty Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Just remembered this thing, looks like he got another one right http://www.nikknakks.net/Drumcorps/DCWArticles/DCI2000.html Finals Night, 2000: Star of Indiana wins the high brass trophy playing an extended version of John Cage's "Four Minutes, Fifty-three Seconds of Silence". ^0^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tplaya1 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Reason #1 for amplification: Proper keyboard technique.Reason #2 for amplification: Smaller pit sizes. Reason #3 for amplification: Before, you just couldn't hear the cactus being plucked in the GE box. :P b**bs Great ^0^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tplaya1 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Just remembered this thing, looks like he got another one righthttp://www.nikknakks.net/Drumcorps/DCWArticles/DCI2000.html Finals Night, 2000: Star of Indiana wins the high brass trophy playing an extended version of John Cage's "Four Minutes, Fifty-three Seconds of Silence". ^0^ Nice timeline for 2000. I would have LOVED to have lived through that season. Poor Colts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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