Category Archives: Rhythmic Insanity

triplets against 5/8

omg dude…
hearing some music, a stready stream of unbroken fast 16th notes,
in groups of
6 followed by 4.

that is
onetwothreefourfivesixonetwothreefour
dotted quarter- quarter, that is.

5/8.
and yet…
I was playing triplets over it, three to a phrase…

which…. at least at this fast tempo…

is “so close to being the same…”
that it’s just trippy.

try this.

you are inclined to play
dotted 8th, dotted 8th (123 123)
then quarter (1234)

but, if you play THREE EVEN notes instead….
it is very close to being the same.

trippy.

a composer I know/simplicity

a composer I know took a very simple thing and did a very simple thing TO it at the same time as doing a second very simple thing to said very simple thing.

tough to focus on such small things for me, (and the composer as well.)

trying trying…

typing Einstein on the Beach

always love typing this out
you know Einstein on the Beach, by Philip Glass? it has several parts (two at least) which go:

1234 123 1234 123 1234
123 123 123 123 1234
123 123 123 1234 1234
123 123 1234 1234 1234
123 1234 1234 1234 1234
1234 1234 1234 123 1234
1234+123 1234 1234 123 1234
1234+123 123+123 1234 123 1234
1234+123 1234+123 1234 123+123 1234
1234+123 1234+123 123+123 1234+123 1234
1234+123 1234+123 123+123 1234+123 123+123
then
1234+123 1234+123 123+123 1234+123 123+123
1234+123 1234+123 1234+123 1234+123 123+123
1234+123+12 1234+123+12 123+123+123 1234+123+12 123+123+123
and LASTLY
1234+123+123 1234+123+123 123+123+123 1234+123+123 123+123+123

BOOYah

fm DbM AM B7 EM

hearing THE GRID from KORAANISQATSI

hearing the intro to THE GRID from KORAANISQATSI (Thank You to the friend who hipped me to this so many eons ago.  went to NYC and SAW it there together.  I later saw it at least two other times live.

I’m on the verge of having a PHILIP GLASS kinda night.

it isn’t about spectacle…. it’s about-

it isn’t about spectacle.
it’s about substance.

it isn’t about power, money, control, or fear, such things are meaningless.

it is about interest, stimulation, imagination, and being in the fucking moment.

I’m lucky…. that I have strong interests…

I’m lucky….
that I have strong interests… I can’t bear to imagine (nor can I imagine in itself)
how boring and dis-engaging life would be without such things.

I’m also ill-equiped to mentor people who don’t have such interests, as I’ve NO idea what they should do other than GET some of said interests…

and mine are I believe a function of being ADHD and smart, so…
don’t know what non-adhd’ers ought do.

but if you IS adhd, I know what should do.
come party and music make with me.