[silence] Recording Cage

[Steve Pittis]

I'm working on a recording/performance of Radio Music with some others right 
now. The score is pretty clear: "To be performed as Solo or Ensemble". So 
either/or. You won't get the gaps of silence if you multitrack though...

Steve.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Petr Kotik" <pksem@semensemble.org>
To: "John McDonough" <bebopj@ix.netcom.com>; "Silence" 
<silence@list.mail.virginia.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [silence] Recording Cage


>
> John Cage hated recodings, never listened to them, unless he was forced to
> by circumstances (he once said "one would have to live two lives to have
> time to listen to recordings') and tried to avoid recording sessions as 
> much
> as he could. When he was taken to a recording session, he got out of there
> as soon as he could (way before the session was finished).
>
> To ask "how [did] he want his music recorded" is basically wrong question.
> Cage tried to get rid of desires as much as he could. This caused [and 
> still
> causes] a lot of problems.
>
> PK
>
> On 10/30/07 6:12 PM, "John McDonough" <bebopj@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>> Howdy
>>
>> Did John Cage ever give instructions on how he wants his music
>> recorded? For example, did he prefer multitracking for his larger
>> compositions or did he rather have just a stereo feed? I am looking
>> to do a recording of Radio Music, and would appreciate any quotes or
>> advice one can give.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> John
>>
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