[silence] Recording Cage

[John McDonough]

Yeah, but he relaxed that view later in life, as he supervised many  
recordings for Mode before he passed on. I was hoping for some quotes  
from this period.


On Oct 30, 2007, at 6:43 PM, Petr Kotik wrote:

>
> 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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