John Cage live - Bilge - Tiki Central

TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4094	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Wed, Nov 25, 2009 1:31 PM Glad you liked it, Kiki! It's funny, but for all the joking around they are doing on this clip, John Cage actually has a sense of humor about it. Is it performance art? Sometimes these avante garde musicians can cross that barrier. He has one clip where he sits at the piano and does nothing for exactly 4 minutes, 33 seconds. But, I have some recordings of his that are really good. Playing what he calls a "prepared" piano, (he inserts screws and nuts and bolts, erasers, rubber bands, etc in between the strings of the piano) he is able to somehow duplicate the sound of Gamelons, marimbas and other exotic instruments, even conga drums! it sounds crazy, but it actually works and the notes played are real music, not just random sounds.

Glad you liked it, Kiki!

It's funny, but for all the joking around they are doing on this clip, John Cage actually has a sense of humor about it. Is it performance art? Sometimes these avante garde musicians can cross that barrier. He has one clip where he sits at the piano and does nothing for exactly 4 minutes, 33 seconds. But, I have some recordings of his that are really good. Playing what he calls a "prepared" piano, (he inserts screws and nuts and bolts, erasers, rubber bands, etc in between the strings of the piano) he is able to somehow duplicate the sound of Gamelons, marimbas and other exotic instruments, even conga drums! it sounds crazy, but it actually works and the notes played are real music, not just random sounds.

Post #495708 by tiki mick on Wed, Nov 25, 2009 1:31 PM