Tags: kaganof, south african art
Now if notation cannot even handle one of the most popular present day western instruments, imagine how bad it gets with other cultures. Bach tried to emulate tribal music - he was even further off than he thought since their entire scale system was different, he could get a near fake but the notation he [...]
Music is quite possibly the most culturally universal thing on the planet. Every known culture has music. A lot of people have this idea that western music is “modern” and other cultures’ music is “primitive”, this is of course horse-figs. Music made in China or Tobega today is as contemporary as music made in the [...]
Have some great pics from a full day with Storm about town (Durban) yesterday, but Coll wants to hit the road, so no time to load. Will try to post a bit later if I’m not completely fried from the long drive. I can’t believe I’m gonna be in NYC in just a [...]
