http://sequenza21.com/banks/?p=5 A composer/performer shares thoughts on how we piece it together. Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:34:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://sequenza21.com/banks/?p=5&cpage=1#comment-114 bryan page Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:33:21 +0000 http://sequenza21.com/banks/?p=5#comment-114 i tend to be very antsy, especially at my desk, which is where i mostly encounter the scroll bars...i had never thought about them until now, but i suppose that when i listen (and now watch) a recording, i am very conscious of them...if i start a recording and see the scroll bar move slowly, i know that i am in for a long sit...however, while in a live setting, all i am looking at are the performers (save for the times when there is an audiofile & video), which gives me no indication of how long the piece is...this is so much more of a condusive way to listen for me, not worrying about how much longer a piece will be...in some situations, the more you know, the more you worry, and i worry about enough stuff...also, i hate the morphing blue stuff that windows media player shows when you play something on it... i tend to be very antsy, especially at my desk, which is where i mostly encounter the scroll bars…i had never thought about them until now, but i suppose that when i listen (and now watch) a recording, i am very conscious of them…if i start a recording and see the scroll bar move slowly, i know that i am in for a long sit…however, while in a live setting, all i am looking at are the performers (save for the times when there is an audiofile & video), which gives me no indication of how long the piece is…this is so much more of a condusive way to listen for me, not worrying about how much longer a piece will be…in some situations, the more you know, the more you worry, and i worry about enough stuff…also, i hate the morphing blue stuff that windows media player shows when you play something on it…

]]> http://sequenza21.com/banks/?p=5&cpage=1#comment-113 Christina Stiefel Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:58:16 +0000 http://sequenza21.com/banks/?p=5#comment-113 I'm not sure about scroll bars at performances. I'm not very dependant on them. But I very much like the idea that (static) visual arts have such an advantage.  The whole thought's just out there all at once.  Then again, maybe that's part of the beauty of music. It's more in control. Unlike a painting or sculpture, etc, music says what it has to say, ends, and does the walking away.    I’m not sure about scroll bars at performances. I’m not very dependant on them. But I very much like the idea that (static) visual arts have such an advantage.  The whole thought’s just out there all at once. 
Then again, maybe that’s part of the beauty of music. It’s more in control. Unlike a painting or sculpture, etc, music says what it has to say, ends, and does the walking away.   

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