[Squishy] [964][Sun Oct 3] New Event: the Cosine Salon

[Aaron Ximm]

Hey everyone,

Autumn, and time for something a little different. I'm happy
to announce an experimental new happening, the Cosine Salon:
a sine-wave generator jam session I've been looking forward
to for ages... read below for the details.

The Salon will be tried out this Sunday here at 964. It's a
chance to engage in deep listening games and to do something
rare in electronic music ~ jam in a simple, clear, constrained
way with your peers...  no egos, no fx, no charge!

Note that this is NOT a performance, it's a salon! You're
welcome to come check it out if you don't want to play, but
participation is encouraged... though only eight or ten
people will be able to play at any one time, at least this
time around.

More information and a colorful flyer coming soon at:

 http://www.cosinesalon.org  (which is also:)
 http://www.quietamerican.org/related_cs.html

As always let me know if you'd like to be removed from this
mailing list! -- Aaron

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~ quiet american introduces ~

  t h e
  c o S i n e
    s a l o n

  ~ let us play ~

  a church of sustain
  is opening its doors

  come congregate
  in the service
  of harmony

  ~ or, rather more succinctly ~

  turn up,
   tune in,
    bliss out

~ what

  Your host will provide:

  eight or more vintage sine tone generators
  ~ one to a person ~
  two controls: frequency and amplitude.

  No processing, no fx, no egos.
  Just waves, waves, waves.

  The evening will comprise:

  assorted games of consonance and dissonance
  ~ exercises in listening and attention ~
  and improvisation of sorts.

~ who

  This is a  S A L O N  not a performance.

  You are cordially invited, nay, encouraged
  to participate!

  You are welcome to attend to listen only,
  if you like, but ~

  As this is the first such salon come with
  open ears ~ and ~ moderate expectations.

  Your host is Aaron Ximm.

~ how

  Please RSVP with a non-binding show of hands.

  If you have an  A N A L O G  tone generator ~ or ~
  portable self-powered speaker or [bass etc] amp,
  please bring such.

~ when & where

  Sunday, October 3
  7ish onward

  964 natoma
  sf ca 94103 (usa)

  415.487.9439

  No charge, and BYOx.

  Forward freely to interesting parties.

  Soon you can visit: http://www.cosinesalon.org

~ why?

   A sudden chorus of whoops and yibbles burst from
   a kind of juke box at the far end of the room.
   Everybody quit talking. The bartender tiptoed back,
   with the drinks.

   'What's happening?' Oedipa whispered.

   'That's by Stockhausen,' the hip graybeard informed
   her, 'the early crowd tends to dig your Radio Cologne
   sound. Later on we really swing. We're the only bar in
   the area, you know, has a strictly electronic music
   policy. Come on around Saturdays, starting midnight we
   have your Sinewave Session, that's a live get-together,
   fellas come in just to jam from all over the state, San
   Jose, Santa Barbara, San Diego--'

   'Live?' Metzger said, 'electronic music, live?'

   'They put in on the tape, here, live, fella. We got a
   whole back room full of your audio oscillators, gunshot
   machines, contact mikes, everything man. That's for if
   you didn't bring your ax, see, but you got the feeling
   and you want to swing with the rest of the cats, there's
   always something there's always something available.'

    ~ Thomas Pynchon's 'The Crying of Lot 49' (circa 1965)


Oh and by the way: skronk and you're out.

  ghede at well.com
  http://www.quietamerican.org