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". . . sonority and its infinite shadings are not the result of stubborn will power but spring from the innate excellence of the spirit."

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Another of my favorite quotes is from David Darling: "Music is the only source of energy that I have known in my life that gives humans a chance to be instantly transformed into spirit."

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From "The New Atlantis" by Sir Francis Bacon (written in 1624!)(http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/bacon/atlantis.html) with thanks to Sound on Sound's April 2008 issue and in tribute to the late Daphne Oram of BBC's The Radiophonic Workshop:

"We have also sound-houses, where we practise and demonstrate all sounds and their generation. We have harmony which you have not, of quarter-sounds and lesser slides of sounds. Divers instruments of music likewise to you unknown, some sweeter than any you have; with bells and rings that are dainty and sweet. We represent small sounds as great and deep, likewise great sounds extenuate and sharp; we make divers tremblings and warblings of sounds, which in their original are entire. We represent and imitate all articulate sounds and letters, and the voices and notes of beasts and birds. We have certain helps which, set to the ear, do further the hearing greatly; we have also divers strange and artificial echoes, reflecting the voice many times, and, as it were, tossing it; and some that give back the voice louder than it came, some shriller and some deeper; yea, some rendering the voice, differing in the letters or articulate sound from that they receive. We have all means to convey sounds in trunks and pipes, in strange lines and distances."

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Snæfellsjökul

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David Darling:

http://www.daviddarling.com

http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003038/David-Darling.html

http://www.darlingconversations.com/

http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/david+darling

http://classicalimprov.blogspot.com/2006/05/music-for-people-part-i.html

http://www.windovertheearth.com/Mdarling.html

http://www.windovertheearth.com/Movie/Chi%20Web%20Short%204-2.mov

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201350/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy8TL6yPz9g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlekWKfdfjg

http://www.kientalerhof.ch/cms01/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=82<=en_GB

http://www.starsend.org/daviddarling.html

http://www.innergameofmusic.com/inspiration/artists-darling.html

http://rv-films.com/projects/salim.html

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Sophocles Papas:

http://comusco.com/sophocles_papas.en.html

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Frank Mullen:

http://www.bluelinejazz.com/mullen/learn.html

http://www.bluelinejazz.com/mullen/sounds.html

http://www.bluelinejazz.com/mullen/sounds/TapsMiller.mp3

http://www.bluelinejazz.com/mullen/sounds/OutofNowhere.mp3

http://www.bluelinejazz.com/mullen/sounds/Prelude.mp3

http://www.bluelinejazz.com/mullen/sounds/Goodbye.mp3

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Andrés Segovia:

http://www.classicalguitar.net/artists/segovia

http://www.cumpiano.com/Home/Articles/Transcriptions/Segovia/Segovia.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG7y_CD9rMg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9efHwnFAkuA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8EDpJ-aIM8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCzc2His1m4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHEd1J4SlYI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN4-iyZAjME

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Jaco Pastorius:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5c3H6LpLZI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxZWvhGE7CM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXOnhzoC-i8&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmUTK6UBeek&feature=related

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Weather Report:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqashW66D7o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25DXcFg1TFo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQlSSOXU6A

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Eberhard Weber:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8XNztzfWY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSGdw0KZoOk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_Weber

http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1900/1920.php?lvredir=712&cat=%2FArtists%2FWeber+Eberhard%23%23Eberhard+Weber&catid=0&doctype=Catalogue&order=releasedate&rubchooser=901&mainrubchooser=9

http://www.last.fm/music/Eberhard+Weber

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Eduardo Falú:

http://www.laccs.com/eduardo.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6XZnYlJDes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmS67hKvYqE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUsUNMgLLTI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWhNY6X75SQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3takCuyF1U4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOI5uzYu1WY

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Egberto Gismonti:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYkWHWfqXnM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRqc_oQ6Y5k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep77ig3vIlw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3onCP23TWFo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3jBpNj7qyM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ-MxTq_h44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xJBWQAfGAI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE3DYRPUiE0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq6dZuVvAkw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQFzMRBTWaU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj8CYw82E-U

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Madredeus:

http://www.madredeus.com/flash.asp?primeiro=true&linguagem=EN

http://www.myspace.com/madredeuspt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuH4__pfuzI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rqhrOAts34

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT4yrqpHvjE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH6jgxfWO2Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZb6l8TrEK0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-7RppbowKo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv8ResCdFcc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLIjV6VISJE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dxVz9d-FF0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO18NuyWgMI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvHFswuWkA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=floEANiIjII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmnAl2oLS10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLwrjQkytfc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R66UVTHv1o4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcfoOKL-eyg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMOF-LBEqL8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Wyo2knCMc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI5a2JxlJbw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NIKftgKvZ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVDP9lA63fY

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Chantal Drapeau -- Musique du Coeur:

http://www.musiqueducoeur.com/

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Tony DeMaio; Antonin

(Web links pending)

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Suzann Kole:

http://www.suzannkole.com/

http://suzannkole.com/music.html

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Music for People:

http://www.musicforpeople.org

http://classicalimprov.blogspot.com/2006/05/music-for-people-part-i.html

http://www.innergameofmusic.com/inspiration/artists-darling.html

http://www.innergameofmusic.com/articles/ac-inspiration-silence.html

http://www.returntochild.com/

http://www.returntochild.com/rtc_reviews_plain.htm

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Bang on a Can:

http://www.bangonacan.org

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Loopers Delight:

http://www.loopersdelight.com

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An absolute goldmine of samples: http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/

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Sky Orchestra:

http://lukejerram.com/skyorchestra/Sky_Orchestra.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX_poZdHsQE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCjaYqymtII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYAaZSozj4o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrKlhUH5WTQ

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Andy Goldsworthy/Rivers and Tides:

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/60027273?trkid=73

http://www.documentaryfilms.net/Reviews/RiversAndTides/

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/goldsworthyinfo.shtm

http://www.sculpture.org.uk/artists/AndyGoldsworthy

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Gregory Colbert/Ashes and Snow :

http://www.ashesandsnow.com

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/newsounds/episodes/2006/06/28

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Silophone:

http://www.silophone.net

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SODRE-FM:

http://www.sintonizador.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=Sintonizador&PRGNAME=SNTBotonera2&ARGUMENTS=-AInvitado,-N01158,-ASNTNEWBotonera_2.htm) -- please allow some time for this to "load" -- it's well worth the wait!)

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Giovanni Sollima (http://www.giovannisollima.it/):

Sogno ad Occhi Aperti (Daydream) -- an incredibly beautiful work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldPf3yqq3-8&NR=1 (this is "Part 1");

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3NkQ00_ZbI&mode=related&search= (this is "Part 2" of the same work))

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Alfred James Goodrich

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYY5KHalnCg

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Flash Synthesizers:

http://www.lfoundation.org/grids/ (one can get all four going on four browser windows for an ever-evolving cascade of bleeps!)

http://www.ctrlaltdel.org/flash/77.html; http://www.lfoundation.org/grids/zumb.html

http://works.ctrlaltdel.org/indexb.html

http://www.eye4u.com/showroom/websynth/websynth.htm

http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~nesson/sequencer.html

(I ignore the graphics and enjoy fooling around with the sequencer controls);

http://www.andkon.com/arcade/other/simsynthesizer/

http://www.keyboardmuseum.org/d_machines/vdrums.html

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/wavepole-synthesizer

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/playing-with-pulse-harmonics

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/synthesized-drumsounds

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/jarcase-instant-sampler

http://e-phonic.com/misc/

http://www.sfpg.com/animation/spectratone.html (I don't know if this is technically a flash synthesizer, but it's interesting!)

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http://createdigitalmusic.com/

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The Splice Music online sequencer :

http://splicemusic.com (this is phenomenal; however, anything one uploads becomes subject to "Creative Commons" copyright, which means that others can use it freely, with attribution).

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Maqaamat:

http://www.maqamworld.com/ (a goldmine of information about non-Western music, including examples in 11/8, 13/8, 15/4, 17/8, 19/4 and 21/4) (credit and many thanks to Lena Seikaly (http://www. myspace. com/lenaseikaly; http://www. lenaseikaly.com/), who brought this to my attention.

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Damian Francis Wagner:

http://www.damianfranciswagner.com

http://soundfurnace.com/

http://www.danda-site.com/

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etcetera:

http://fonik.dk/

http://www.parisaccordeon.com/

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Other projects:

http://www.myspace.com/zookfieldrecording

http://www.myspace.com/zooksounddesign

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Visitors to this page are invited to open up more than one browser window and play different clips from the posted works (or different Flash Synthesizers) simultaneously -- the world of experimental music is as accessible as that!

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