Well he asked me the question, so I reckoned I owe him an answer. The answer is as simple as yes or no, and being an advocate for software freedom, of course I believe everybody should use free software even if there is some initial inconvenience for them simply because the freedoms gained are more […]
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 […]
While Nathaniel is working on the new servers, I felt I would try to post something entertaining, which nevertheless wasn’t a crisis if it got lost. A re-blog was the obvious choice. So herewith, a little something I wrote a couple of weeks ago. —- “Apollo 11 was ten years ahead of schedule – that […]
