The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

March 25, 2015


What happens when I fill the room in my head

http://www.alansondheim.org/espsession12.jpg
http://www.alansondheim.org/qqqqalto.mp3

The image is from our recording session which
resulted in Avatar Woman and Cutting Board.
The music - well it's alto clarinet sent through
the MOTU set for a 12 second reverb; that's what
I heard through the headphones and I was curious
how it would be to play that way. It took all
night to set up, indicative of the difficulty I
have with soundboard configurations. I was also
reacting to my fear of tinnitus interfering with
everything; here, I made sure it wasn't an issue
but I'm walking around the erhu suspiciously. In
any case, this piece is annoying, strange, and
insistent, and I love the tonalities the clarinet
was able to produce against itself in a space
that never seemed to end.

meditate on Medea in medea media medias res

http://www.alansondheim.org/meditate.jpg
http://www.alansondheim.org/meditate.mp3
http://www.alansondheim.org/meditate2.jpg

jinashi shakuhachi, revrev
when i played the shakuhachi in this, with earphones,
the instrument and revrev, i found myself in a new space
& one where i played differently, playing the space itself,
listening to the playing

walketh vail loved leaving us with the debris of the abyss alone
& here we meditate upon the worlds beyond: "he who meditates on
thought as _brahman,_ s/he verily meditates for days on end
without sleep or drink or food, most people. she meditated. she
taught patience. we're distraught; she was most people. she sit
in jail. i just sit there, and do nothing. you can only meditate
on her, she meditates for days on end without sleep or drink or
food if i meditate, i have already lost, not-know. not-i
not-meditate not-and not-i not-don't know. not-i not-don't you
will be constantly deceived, you must constantly meditate, be
silent, of nothing . i meditate upon nothing / meditate upon
nothing / both calls and responses and the i meditate upon
nothing / nothing / upon nothing / nothing / upon nothing, o
people! when a person meditates upon the histories of past
nations and run as long as you like. when i meditated on the
worlds of war, the body's violence, meditate your corpse, you
have it, you are singing on her 18th birthday. we were closer to
her than most people. she meditated. she meditates for days on
end without sleep or drink or food, / dissolution /\ royal lime
purple, o specular body. lack referentiality... em meditate
three years i meditate upon the bones of broken skulls /
meditate upon the bones of broken skulls / i have failed to
meditate. everyday meditate me, dear life. air simply indirect
touch." "for half & so flagrant & so rested, of nothing . i
meditate upon nothing / meditate upon nothing / i meditate on
forms of life and the comfort world. i meditate on the world. i
persist around meditate upon no-meditation / rise up, mourn,
meditate, and enjoy.

when i meditated on echo echo echo
when i meditated on the worlds of war
when i meditated on Medea
when i meditated in medea res

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