Re: [microsound] Cage

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:54 PM -0800 1/7/03, ph!L @ c e n t i b e l wrote:

>It might be equally hackneyed to point out that Cage wasn't very fond of
>recordings.

Nevertheless he had some occasional enthusiasm for them. A few years 
ago I had the pleasure of being the sound technician for a music 
festival when John was composer in residence. On one program was a 
commissioned work for four independent ensembles, located in separate 
parts of an old California mission. Before the concert he asked me if 
he could get a tape of the performance, and I told him that the radio 
crew would be recording it. After the concert he asked me again about 
the tape and I reminded him that he'd already asked me about it. His 
face broke into one of his incredible grins and he said, "I guess it 
must really be on my mind."
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