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The newest Imaginary Year entry is up.
It references the book Zen Guitar. The author of this book, Philip Toshio Sudo, maintains a Zen Guitar Dojo, which has lots of interesting information, including an overview of the Zen Guitar philosophy and a series of lessons.
The phrase "six-stringed object" was adapted/stolen from the name of an interesting-looking digital guitar festival, which set out to "recontextualize the guitar as an instrument and sound source," among other things. (There are some MP3s available from that site, and check out the thoughtful writeup by Needle Drops columnist Philip Sherburne.)
The entry touches on musical amatuerism, which readers of the site will know I am interested in (it's been a theme around here since the very third entry). The most recent relevant reading on this topic is this great Lester Bangs article on nonmusician Brian Eno. Amateurism, musical technology, generative systems: practically every paragraph of this article touches on some topic of great interest to me. Thanks to Dirk Hine from Subterranean Notes for the link. Labels: creative_process, music_commentary
Monday, March 04, 2002
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