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>Maybe we're getting somewhere here... "Ritual(istic) Music" could >certainly >pertain to a large body of our work in several genres. I'm sure the more >humorous modes, and the slice and dice modes which move about wildly will >probably not quite fit. The word ritual could serve to attract certain >audience >members quite ready to be swept away by the music... Hey maybe we should start our own cult. Private jets and adoring attentants for everyone!! >Call and response is definitely western mantra in action! Check out the >Robert >Duval movie "The Apostle" if you want to see some really mesmerizing >portrayals >of this. What an amazing movie... I've become much more interested in >reaching >beyond my instrument (guitar) and adding word based conceptual ideas, to >deepen >the impact of various ideas. Ritualized repetitive action can be really >powerful... > Now THAT movie was scarey! Why? Because my Father was a Penticostal Holiness preacher and I was raised in that world. I never realized that I was raised in a cult until I saw it. I recognized the order of service, the songs EVERYTHING. Lorne Thomson Toronto, Canada ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com