tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8427944003603852488.post5717771680435285637..comments2023-09-23T11:52:22.009-07:00Comments on BOOM'S DUNGEON: The joys of anterograde amnesia...Boomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16254294523764695548noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8427944003603852488.post-80975930798716326182011-12-27T09:35:06.651-08:002011-12-27T09:35:06.651-08:00Feldman, in Triadic Memories, experimented to find...Feldman, in Triadic Memories, experimented to find out how many repetitions of a phrase were needed in order to efface the memory of the last one. His purpose was not so much disorientation and to encourage the listener to give up the hope that 'something' was going to 'happen'. He described his music, famously, as like walking around Berlin. "The feeling that you are going RMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374925668753408346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8427944003603852488.post-18843530351382308272011-12-23T05:38:18.621-08:002011-12-23T05:38:18.621-08:00Boom: Great analysis. This is true for me: "...Boom: Great analysis. This is true for me: "And this suggests the possibility that I have simply learned to disentangle this kind of musical experiences from my subconscious fear of disorientation, and to perceive them instead as thrilling, in the way in which we are thrilled by disorientation after having entered a maze..." But, since I once experienced TGA (temporary global amnesia)Remiller4https://www.blogger.com/profile/08775854530200130507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8427944003603852488.post-91713567232133486052011-12-23T05:30:39.239-08:002011-12-23T05:30:39.239-08:00Be very careful when listening to shakuhachi playi...Be very careful when listening to shakuhachi playing on the south bay curve.jackbrahmsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8427944003603852488.post-70250225275894767632011-12-23T04:13:18.208-08:002011-12-23T04:13:18.208-08:00Boom, I share much of the way you look at this kin...Boom, I share much of the way you look at this kind of music, though having the score on hand wouldn't help me. My interest in this direction started out with listening to Webern back in the early 70s. I've deliberately gone after challenging listening since then.<br /><br />I believe that much of our listening is done at the subconscious level, and that the subconscious picks up on Bob B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8427944003603852488.post-21992187010798394042011-12-22T16:47:34.638-08:002011-12-22T16:47:34.638-08:00As one who drives long distances as an alternative...As one who drives long distances as an alternative to flying, I'm familiar with a "how did I get here?" phenomenon. Not quite the same as listening to extended pieces of music that have no seeming beginning or end...see dentistry.<br /><br />In another blog you spoke of musicians who make repeated mistakes...see Schnabel, and it makes me ask, would a novel written in serial, atonal layblhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18239429370851066412noreply@blogger.com