Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.20.1602271324480.654@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Paean, Elegy, Pulse
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 13:27:51 -0500 (EST)
Paean, Elegy, Pulse http://www.alansondheim.org/forall.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/paeanforall.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/elegyforall.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/pulseforall.mp3 (attributed to Larsen Brothers) parlor guitar Guitar was my first instrument, and to this day I return to the instrument, constantly practicing, working on technique and scale, exercising left and right hand finger (nails, no picks), pushing the boundaries as much as possible, keeping the braid of the piece in site/sight. The three pieces are very different; paean extends my playing in new directions, elegy uses the Japanese in scale always yearning for resolution, and pulse uses a 'clunky' bass line extended and collapsed more or less rhythmically. This is the best playing I'm capable of, recorded last night between four and five a.m.; music called. When I can play like this, I'm happy; if you listen, I'm happier, since music, my music at least, calls for communality. Paean, Elegy, and Pulse, are public pieces; they were recorded in this order in the dead of night. For Azure and Ossi and You.
