[LAU] Paul Hindemith says hello

[Ken Restivo]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:24:56AM +0200, Peder Hedlund wrote:
> Quoting Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>:
> 
> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:11 PM, nescivi<nescivi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > so much contemporary music is all based entirely
> > "in the head" because you simply don't need a body to play it - in
> > some cases, a body *cannot* play it! its not the virtuosic skill that
> > goes missing - i can live without that. what we lose is the
> > kinesthetic experience that lends extra meaning, direction and ideas
> > to a performer/composer's work, even without them being particularly
> > aware of it.
> 
> To quote (from memory) Frank Zappa when asked if he preferred the  
> Synclavier or the live band :
> "On one hand the machine doesn't get hungover or bored and plays every  
> note exactly as written. On the other hand it doesn't say 'We're  
> Ethel' at exactly the "wrong" time..."

"We're Beatrice"  (a tagline from a 1970's-era American corporate TV commercial, uttered by Ike Willis constantly on the 1988 tour)... "and crack everybody up".

IIRC, I think Zappa concluded that, minus all the BS, he'd choose the Synclavier.

-ken