On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:08:41PM -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > > > and a happy birthday to steve reich, whom i first encountered at the > > > tender age of 16 and my life has never been the same since. one of the > > > many geniuses of 20th century music. > > > > I bet that's a heck of a story. I wonder if it would be acceptable use of > > bandwidth to tell it? > > i think you're supposing that "first encountered" meant "met in person". > alas no. i was just putting on the headphones in our family living room, > about to listen to some klaus schulze or tangerine dream or whatever > kraut-space-music i had just purchased. the system was set to listen to > BBC Radio 4, and as i put the phones on i came in on the middle of > "music for 18 musicians". at 16, or perhaps any age, and in 1979, > figuring out what on earth that music was seemed impossible ... not > gamelan, not rock, not dub, not space music, not classical, not african > drumming. it changed me forever. sorry there's no good story about > actually meeting reich :) Ah, I like that kind of story, too. That's probably how most musicians would prefer to be "encountered," anyway, since that's the part they're offering to the world. -Forest
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