November Already

Thank you for posting these audio files, Kyle. I'm a very happy camper right now.

Wonderful information and music - thanks for sharing.

I hope you can share more about Johnson and other early minimalist works.

Kyle,

What an amazing work! Thank you so much for doing this. (Ditto on "Children on the Hill"). I think that anyone anywhere who gives a damn about minimalism owes you a drink for this.

Question: will these two transcriptions be made available at some point, either on the internet or through Frog Peak or Metisse or something similar?

KG replies: I'm going to see if Frog Peak will take it, assuming Dennis gives permission. I don't know Metisse, but I'll look it up.

Thanks for posting the entire piece - it is real scholarship. Early minimalist pieces - with the exception of 'In C' - are seldom performed and access to these pieces has been widened greatly.

The Mark Twain excerpt is on target, but I believe the definitive example of the expert phenomenon was delivered by Bob & Ray.

Perhaps you can sympathize with Dr. Derrel Dexter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI2Xc1OieoU

KG replies: That's how I sound with my students.

Thank you very much for posting these files. I love the piece. It makes a rainy putnam county day bearable.

Thank you so much for posting this. I've really enjoyed reading about your process and look forward to hearing the results. Thanks for bringing light to the early minimalists!

This is a wonderful thing you're doing. Thanks.

Totally agree about the Sony PCM. Got one a while back and it's changed my musical life with its near magical ease of use and the fidelity on high resolution setting. To my ear it does seem to bring out the treble in the mix a bit, though, and am curious if you think the same.

Hope the conference goes great for you.

KG replies: Oh, I dunno. I realize it's not perfect, but I'm happy with the virtual absence of hum, and environmental recordings with it pick up more sounds than I can hear.

Years ago, I wrote in flabbergasted wonder at your postclassical radio station - it captured my imagination and emotions, and I have been following the "scene" more, ever since, playing it on my local radio show, and so on.

This music touches that place in my soul, again. It's a wonder, a joy, a beautiful soundscape that causes a reaction I can't put into words. Thank you for posting this.

What!?! NOT American Idol?

Let me check the URL I used to find this page... Huh, you're right. I'm pretty sure that I'll like the music anyway; I dig oldies too.

Thanks for getting this online; wish I could get to KC. Oh well.

This is gorgeous, thanks for resurrecting it and posting it.

Do you have any information on what composers other than La Monte heard this piece in the 60s, either in concert or in recording?

See you in a few days!

KG replies: Almost nothing. On the original recording I assume that's Terry Jennings's parents shuffling around in the background trying not to make noise, but whether the dog barking is theirs I can't yet say. Still trying to determine the breed.

I'm in KC waitin' for you guys to arrive.

an extremely generous gift, thank you kyle!

If you don't mind, I'm going to play a bit of this recording for my students in class this week--fortuitously we just arrived at early minimalism!

KG replies: That's what it's for - the more people who hear it, the better.

Thanks for doing this Kyle!

I finally have a chance today to listen to these files.

I can't get over the influence on LMY Well-Tuned Piano... what a radical departure, a maximalist overhaul.