Re: inspiration from drones (was: Real instruments vs. electronicinstr)

[sine@zerocrossing.net]

check out Bill Laswell's Cymatic Scan.  Nice ambient drone album.  Very 
dark.

Mark Sottilaro

Matthias Grob wrote:

> James said:
> >Ever listen to changes in the timbre of a drone and hear an implied 
>melody?
>
> thats how this here all started! I was using a delay to mount drones
> and heard things...
>
> For the first year, all my music started with a bass drone of a
> minute or so: The concentration I needed to hear the theme come up.
> Since then, I use them often in therapy where stability an base is
> the subject and in meditation to visualize the crating energy and its
> infinite components. Just yesterday in a contact improvisation dance
> lesson, there was an exercise to feel the partner approaching and
> everbody agreed that my (not so strict) drone helped a lot to
> concentrate.
>
> But, as you say, a main purpose is to make melodies appear, and this
> works in public also. If you are in a suficiently loose ambience a
> drone makes the public sing along: first the drone, then related
> notes and finally whole melodies!
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>
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