I like the bit about Michelangelo. I also understand that he carved the
image from the front backwards ie. in a linear fashion, or something - like
its emerging from a pool, yes?


Michael Roades wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>     There was an artist that was a friend of Monet's who made these
> facinating drawings that were five to ten lines in black.
> They are amazing and captivating to view. It's not the complexity of a
> composition that determines it's worth. It's not the size of the wand, but
> the majic of the magician (musician) that counts. Beethoven's 5th, not
> overtly complex, a very simple theme. Yet who but Beethoven could have
> pulled it off?
>     I like the comment someone made about not deciding the style of the
> piece from the beginning. When I compose, the music evolves almost of it's
> own volition. It dictates what happens next, how I will proceed with it. I
> believe it was Michelangelo when asked how he carved such amazing statues
> from a stone stated, I didn't carve the statue, I simply removed the stone
> that was keeping it from being seen.
>     I enjoy, Future Sounds Of London, Aphex Twin, and Crystal Method as
well
> as Subotnick, Stockhausen and Cage. Then throw in a dash of Zappa....
>     ; )