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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: 1980s Egyptian oud
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 02:38:44 -0500 (EST)
1980s Egyptian oud http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/ASC.mp3 http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/ASCflesh.mp3 - just received this, shallow bowl, nice rounded sound, lots of cracks. think this was originally inexpensive (poorly made sound hole filigree for example), but the spruce top has aged beautifully, so the sound is good and the action isn't terrible. when i listened to the recording, i could hear my nails, my breathing (upper and lower chest, wheezing, tense from allergic reactions), moving the instrument around, etc. - and thought - this is the sound of the flesh - using hiss reduction - keeping only the hiss - i _sought_ to bring this out - this labor - fully - finding the sound fantastically transformed, something else of the wonder of the world seeping through, o courage! to contain this and re-present this as the Sign -