Comments on: slow music in the olden days http://soupgreens.com/2009/01/24/slow-music-in-the-olden-days/ olden days music and arcane americana by Lucas Gonze Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:47:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shannon Clark http://soupgreens.com/2009/01/24/slow-music-in-the-olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-3236 Shannon Clark Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:05:33 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=203#comment-3236 Lucas, thanks for the link! a few thoughts: - Here in SF I see live music at a wide range of venues - lots of restaurants which focus on local, organic food, especially if they are not overly formal places & have the space (look for ones with large bar areas) might be very receptive and in many cases already have live music from time to time. - many cities have a growing number of indoor markets which are locally focused (the Ferry Building in SF, the markets at Grand Central Station in NYC etc) and those places often have evening events which include live, acoustic music performers - I've heard some amazing string quartets at the Ferry Building - for many genres of music, especially acoustic/folk there is a thriving community around house concerts - look for people who already hold them (or find someone with enough space and hold your own). My parents hold them on a month basis in Chicago, I've had one house concert at my apartment in SF (and hope to have many more) Lucas,

thanks for the link!

a few thoughts:

- Here in SF I see live music at a wide range of venues – lots of restaurants which focus on local, organic food, especially if they are not overly formal places & have the space (look for ones with large bar areas) might be very receptive and in many cases already have live music from time to time.

- many cities have a growing number of indoor markets which are locally focused (the Ferry Building in SF, the markets at Grand Central Station in NYC etc) and those places often have evening events which include live, acoustic music performers – I’ve heard some amazing string quartets at the Ferry Building

- for many genres of music, especially acoustic/folk there is a thriving community around house concerts – look for people who already hold them (or find someone with enough space and hold your own). My parents hold them on a month basis in Chicago, I’ve had one house concert at my apartment in SF (and hope to have many more)

]]> By: gurdonark http://soupgreens.com/2009/01/24/slow-music-in-the-olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-2042 gurdonark Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:12:11 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=203#comment-2042 Were I still in Los Angeles on a rainy day, I'd drive up the 2 Freeway, hop on the Angeles Crest Highway, drive to the Clear Creek Trail just inside the forest, and hike down to the creek below while the raindrops fell on mountain mahogany and scrub oak. Perhaps instead I'd got to Descanso Garden, where one wave of camellia tree is in bloom this time of year, just as another's blooms fall to earth. A canopy for slow music daydreams. Were I still in Los Angeles on a rainy day, I’d drive up the 2 Freeway, hop on the Angeles Crest Highway, drive to the Clear Creek Trail just inside the forest, and hike down to the creek below while the raindrops fell on mountain mahogany and scrub oak. Perhaps instead I’d got to Descanso Garden, where one wave of camellia tree is in bloom this time of year, just as another’s blooms fall to earth. A canopy for slow music daydreams.

]]> By: Lucas Gonze http://soupgreens.com/2009/01/24/slow-music-in-the-olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-2040 Lucas Gonze Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:31:09 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=203#comment-2040 The sweetness and mellowness of that http://www.last.fm/music/George+Butterworth/_/English+Idyll+No.+2 piece is great for this rainy dark afternoon. The sweetness and mellowness of that http://www.last.fm/music/George+Butterworth/_/English+Idyll+No.+2 piece is great for this rainy dark afternoon.

]]> By: Lucas Gonze http://soupgreens.com/2009/01/24/slow-music-in-the-olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-2039 Lucas Gonze Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:22:10 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=203#comment-2039 The contradance thing makes me notice the parallel with electronic dance music, where dancing and the music are pretty hard to separate. The contradance thing makes me notice the parallel with electronic dance music, where dancing and the music are pretty hard to separate.

]]> By: gurdonark http://soupgreens.com/2009/01/24/slow-music-in-the-olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-2038 gurdonark Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:11:14 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=203#comment-2038 amazing quote on contra dance. fits well with where I am right now (virtual sequencer through I remain): http://gurdonark.livejournal.com/787459.html amazing quote on contra dance.

fits well with where I am right now (virtual sequencer through I remain):

http://gurdonark.livejournal.com/787459.html

]]> By: gurdonark http://soupgreens.com/2009/01/24/slow-music-in-the-olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-2037 gurdonark Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:09:46 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=203#comment-2037 You know, the thing to do would be to have a non-profit that was literally not much more than a letterhead and a simple web page, and the ability to co-ordinate it by e=mail. I'll bet someone already has that non-profit in place, and it's just a matter of finding it. I subscribe to the quasi-mystical (but actually entirely rational) theory that somebody in a city of 6 million is already doing a lot of things, and it's just a matter of finding them. You know, the thing to do would be to have a non-profit that was literally not much more than a letterhead and a simple web page, and the ability to co-ordinate it by e=mail.
I’ll bet someone already has that non-profit in place, and it’s just a matter of finding it. I subscribe to the quasi-mystical (but actually entirely rational) theory that
somebody in a city of 6 million is already doing a lot of things, and it’s just a matter of finding them.

]]> By: Lucas Gonze http://soupgreens.com/2009/01/24/slow-music-in-the-olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-2036 Lucas Gonze Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:34:21 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=203#comment-2036 http://www.sbcds.org/contradance/whatis/ <blockquote> Contra dance is Real People in Real Time with Real Music. It is Real Life. You cannot experience this while sitting on your duff, VR helmet or not. Get out more often! You know you spend way too much time in front of your computer and/or TV. In other words, it is impossible to record the incredible synergy and spirit that occurs when you combine enthusiastic, connected, happy dancers, hot musicians and swell choreography. </blockquote> http://www.sbcds.org/contradance/whatis/

Contra dance is Real People in Real Time with Real Music. It is Real Life. You cannot experience this while sitting on your duff, VR helmet or not. Get out more often! You know you spend way too much time in front of your computer and/or TV.
In other words, it is impossible to record the incredible synergy and spirit that occurs when you combine enthusiastic, connected, happy dancers, hot musicians and swell choreography.

]]> By: Lucas Gonze http://soupgreens.com/2009/01/24/slow-music-in-the-olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-2035 Lucas Gonze Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:20:34 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=203#comment-2035 I did get somebody to pick up the line at the Culver City Senior Center. She hung up on me three times but on the fourth she gave me another number to call tomorrow. So, that's real progress. Thanks man. It would be cool to do a regular series with good local musicians. The players would love playing in a calm and relatively quiet environment, unlike a bar. I did get somebody to pick up the line at the Culver City Senior Center. She hung up on me three times but on the fourth she gave me another number to call tomorrow. So, that’s real progress. Thanks man.

It would be cool to do a regular series with good local musicians. The players would love playing in a calm and relatively quiet environment, unlike a bar.

]]> By: gurdonark http://soupgreens.com/2009/01/24/slow-music-in-the-olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-2034 gurdonark Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:54:50 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=203#comment-2034 and to be a bit more expansive: http://www.laparks.org/dos/senior/senior.htm and to be a bit more expansive:

http://www.laparks.org/dos/senior/senior.htm

]]> By: gurdonark http://soupgreens.com/2009/01/24/slow-music-in-the-olden-days/comment-page-1/#comment-2033 gurdonark Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:22:03 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=203#comment-2033 Lucas, maybe someting along this line would work. I noticed that the Culver City Senior Center at 310-253-6700 runs regular programs for seniors. A free acoustic guitar traditionals concert might be right in line. Lucas, maybe someting along this line would work. I noticed that the Culver City Senior Center at 310-253-6700 runs regular programs for seniors. A free acoustic guitar traditionals concert might be right in line.

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