From dacc Sent Tue, Feb 4th 1997, 06:13
At 0:25 4/2/1997 -0500, xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote: >let us take a moment to redirect all our jealousy and hostility towards hans >zimmer, owner of the worlds largest roland system 100m, moog modular and >polyfusion, among other things im sure. Mmmmmmmmm...no. Hans _uses_ everything he has, as opposed to letting things sit around and rot. As an example, when Metlay visited him last year, he had an OB-MX laying around, and pointed out that he didn't like it, and would get rid of it in the future. Now, if Hans were some synth-hoarder, he'd be greedily hanging onto that box. But that's not the case. True, Zimmer has a wall o' Moog/Roland/Polyfusion...but it all sees action. You can't say the same for someone who shrinkwraps and boxes-up useful equipment. And personally, my heart goes out to _anyone_ who can handle a modular that eff-ing big! ==========================\ And what is the purpose of writing music? One is, | of course, not dealing with purposes but dealing DAC Crowell | with sounds. Or the answer must take the form of The Aerodyne Works Studio | paradox: a purposeful purposelessness or a pur- for Electronic Music | poseless play. This play, however, is an affir- Champaign, Illinois, USA | mation of life - not an attempt to bring order xxxx@xxxxxx.xxx or | out of chaos nor to suggest improvements in cre- xxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx | ation, but simply a way of waking up to the very http://hyperreal.com/ | life we're living, which is so excellent once one music/artists/dac_crowell | gets one's mind and one's desires out of its way | and lets it act of its own accord. ==========================/ -- John Cage: "Experimental Music", 1955