From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2002 #37 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Tuesday, February 5 2002 Volume 2002 : Number 037 The Official Joni Mitchell Homepage, created by Wally Breese, can be found at http://www.jonimitchell.com. It contains the latest news, a detailed bio, Original Interviews, essays, lyrics and much much more. The JMDL website can be found at http://www.jmdl.com and contains interviews, articles, the member gallery, archives, and much more. ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Reading music [FredNow@aol.com] Today's Articles: February 4 [les@jmdl.com] Today in History: February 4 [les@jmdl.com] RE: Reading music ["Wally Kairuz" ] Re: Today in History: February 3 [AsharaJM@aol.com] Joni Prints [AsharaJM@aol.com] Re: Prairie Theatre Exchange presents "Joni Mitchell: River" inWinnipeg [] Re: So Cal Jonifest Pics [AsharaJM@aol.com] RE: Reading music ["Bree Mcdonough" ] Re: Reading music [AsharaJM@aol.com] Re: Reading music ["Sharon L. Buffington" ] Re: Joni live LONG [Lori in MD ] Re: Reading music ["Bree Mcdonough" ] Re: laughing and crying you know it's the same release [Phyliss Ward ] Review of Winnipeg "River" [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Review of Winnipeg "River" [Gerald Notaro ] Joni and Ozzy Osbourne? ["Johnson Victor" ] Re: Reading music ["Jamie Zubairi" ] Re: Joni in Q's The 100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Photographs ["Jamie Zubair] John Calimee [AsharaProducLLC@aol.com] Re: 101 things [Steve Dulson ] Wally B. [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: Wally B. [Scott and Jody ] Re: Wally B. [Vince Lavieri ] RE: Wally B. ["Wally Kairuz" ] Re: Wally Breeze [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: So Cal Jonifest Pics [Michael Paz ] Re: Wally B. [Michael Paz ] Re: Reading music ["Bree Mcdonough" ] Re: Wally B. [Catherine McKay ] Beltway Minifest?? [Lori in MD ] Jonifest CD's [RobSher50@aol.com] Re: Reading music [RobSher50@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 03:45:37 EST From: FredNow@aol.com Subject: Reading music >A QUESTION FOR EVERYONE:Why do some of the GREATS i.e. Joni,Paul >McCartney,Errol Garner,Buddy Rich,prefer or choose not to read nor write >music? I understand that maybe in doing so would somehow curtail their >creative juices/flow That's a myth ... it can only enhance. That's like saying an illiterate person who speaks and thinks well would be hampered by learning to read and write. - -Fred ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 03:58:29 -0500 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Articles: February 4 On February 4 the following article was published: 1992: "Is this any way to deal with a recession?" - Los Angeles Times (Review - Art Show) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/920204lat.cfm - ------------------------ http://www.jmdl.com/articles ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 03:58:29 -0500 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today in History: February 4 On February 4 in Joni Mitchell History: 1966: Joni performs tonight and tomorrow at The Chess Mate in Detroit. - ------------------------ Search the "Today" database at http://www.jmdl.com/today ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 06:00:30 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Reading music fred is so right about this. how i wish i knew how to read and write music and not only chord charts. i would know how to play more than a hundred of my own songs that i have forgotten through the years. it is hard enough to figure out what i'm playing and what tuning i am using when i listen to an old tape, but it is virtually impossible to remember the melody, the finger style, the tempo when all you have is a set of lyrics and the chord progressions. what i do think might hamper your musicianship or your creativity is a bad music teacher. when i was a child, i took piano lessons for exactly three weeks. the solfege was ***TOO MUCH***. i wonder if there is any other way to learn how to read and write music. any breakthroughs in sight reading learning techniques? any self-study methods? is solfege all there is to LIFE??????? wallyK, growing frantic now - -----Mensaje original----- De: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com]En nombre de FredNow@aol.com Enviado el: Lunes, 04 de Febrero de 2002 05:46 a.m. Para: joni@smoe.org Asunto: Reading music> That's a myth ... it can only enhance. That's like saying an illiterate person who speaks and thinks well would be hampered by learning to read and write. - -Fred ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:46:49 EST From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: Re: Today in History: February 3 <<1974: Joni performs at Barton Hall on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, along with Tom Scott and The LA Express. More info: http://www.jmdl.com/docs/740207i.cfm>> I was there, hanging on to every word and every note! I still have the newspaper clippings from that concert. Was anyone else in the audience? Hugs, Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 09:02:19 EST From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: Joni Prints Wally mentioned while sending Happy Birthday wishes to Jack: <> Just a reminder about these prints and fundraiser. Jack has done a really wonderful portrait of Joni, and the lines are actually her song titles and lyrics. I still have some prints left, and would love to sell some to raise some cash for jmdl.com and jonimitchell.com. Please check it out, and buy some today!! :-) Hugs, Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 09:20:34 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Prairie Theatre Exchange presents "Joni Mitchell: River" inWinnipeg Michael Paz wrote: > He is amazing around the Bar-B-Que as well. Some people just have to come > out in their own good time. I have a feeling that we will see Jerry in a > setting that is totally beautiful and maybe with the Goddess herself in > attendance. What do you day Jerry?? I say I came out LONG ago! Jerry :-) Hope you survived SuperBowl. We had the craziness here last year. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 09:30:29 EST From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: Re: So Cal Jonifest Pics WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY COOL, Donna!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for putting them up so we could vicariously join in. BTW everyone, there aren't any phone lines to the rooms at Jonifest 2002, so if you want to know what is happening, you'll have to sign up, and BE THERE!! We won't be able to send you updates from Jonifest Central the way we always have before. ;-) Hugs, Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 06:37:47 -0800 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: RE: Reading music >fred is so right about this. how i wish i knew how to read and write music >and not only chord charts. i would know how to play more than a hundred of >my own songs that i have forgotten through the years. Well,last night I went to a SUPERBORE party and asked this question. I just got these WIDE OPEN STARES! Anywho,some of the answers were interesting. My artist sister said that a muscian not reading music would be like her not able to know what oils (colors)can be mixed together.....primary colors etc. Somebody yelled,"Because they are lazy!!" (Always ONE in every crowd ) Someone commented that maybe Joni's music and Paul's would have been even better had they learned to read and write music. I really question this??? Thanks for your responses. This is a question that I have thought about over the years. Bree >That's a myth ... it can only enhance. That's like saying an illiterate >person who speaks and thinks well would be hampered by learning to read and >write. > >-Fred _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 09:50:55 EST From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: Re: Reading music Well.....just throwing out a little IMHO here.....perhaps they didn't have the "apptitude" for learning how to read/write music. I was a voice major in college, and still sing/play guitar in a World Music band. Of course, solfege, basic piano, music theory, etc. were all required courses, but somehow, I never "really" understood the whole reading music thing, and had to take solfege more than once to pass it. I have a very good ear, and can pick up anything I need to learn by just listening to it. I can tell when someone in the band is "off" but I can't tell them whether it is a C or a C sharp they are singing wrong. So, perhaps others are the same? Hugs, Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 09:04:10 -0600 From: "Sharon L. Buffington" Subject: Re: Reading music Dear Fred: I guess I would not like to tell Joni, Paul, or Gershwin their belief that learning to read music or write it down fucks with their creativity is all wrong...that instead they would be enhanced. :) You do it Fred. LOL I think I understand what these great persons are saying though. I can only imagine that it would be a great bother having to take the time to write down words and notes as I went along...while having a song raging in my head. I may want nothing more than to play it...sing it..feel it. I guess each person has their own approach...whatever works. :) Love and peace.....Sharon FredNow@aol.com wrote: > > >A QUESTION FOR EVERYONE:Why do some of the GREATS i.e. Joni,Paul > >McCartney,Errol Garner,Buddy Rich,prefer or choose not to read nor write > >music? I understand that maybe in doing so would somehow curtail their > >creative juices/flow > > That's a myth ... it can only enhance. That's like saying an illiterate > person who speaks and thinks well would be hampered by learning to read and > write. > > -Fred ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 07:04:02 -0800 (PST) From: Lori in MD Subject: Re: Joni live LONG > When she ascended to the stage, it was impossible to digest that I had > just shared her air space for over an hour. Janine, what a lovely post! May I note that your subject can be read another way? "Joni, live LONG!" Are you going to this year's fest? I'd be happy (and honored) to drive up 15 and pick you up! Lori (your Canton sis) ~ Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 07:38:13 -0800 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: Reading music >I can only imagine that it would be a great bother having to take the time >to >write down words and notes as I went along...while having a song raging >in my head. I may want nothing more than to play it...sing it..feel it. >I guess each person has their own approach...whatever works. My name isn't Fred. (maybe in a past life, Joseph perhaps?) I think you have something Sherrie.....best, most thought-provoking response yet. I like it! "I may want nothing more than to play it...sing it..feel it!!! Bree-RMS > > That's a myth ... it can only enhance. That's like saying an illiterate > > person who speaks and thinks well would be hampered by learning to read >and > > write. > > > > -Fred _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 07:58:20 -0800 From: Phyliss Ward Subject: Re: laughing and crying you know it's the same release Hey, I heard that one too the other day at the grocery store! Mags N Brei wrote: > ..in the midst of all hell breaking loose today, > i placed a call to the Children's Hospital of South > Western Ontario and they played a MUZAK version of > Just Like This Train. Didnt know whether to laugh or cry. > > any more stories of Joni in weird and/or unexpected places? > > Mags > np: Trouble Child > > ===== > it's a miracle! > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > http://auctions.yahoo.com - -- Phyliss mailto:phyliss@goldenfigclay.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 11:01:23 EST From: CoyoteRick@aol.com Subject: New Address and Joni on Jeopardy Hey everyone! I'm back with a new email address. Thanks to all who sent me links, emails, and other stuff since I missed since November when I went offlist. Now, for the Joni content... Did anyone see Jeopardy Friday evening? In a category called *The Grammys* the answer (very poorly paraphrased) was...She won in 2001 for her album Both Sides Now. But is better remembered for her 1960s albums. (I think there was something in there about long blond hair as well, can't recall -- it happened so fast.). Well, one contestant (that obviously rang in too early) stumbled and said Barbra Striesand, the other two just looked dumbfounded. Heck, it was only a $300 answer! Good to be back in the tribe. Did I miss anything? No regrets, Coyote Rick Casa Alegre Hollywood, California "Only fools are afraid to be burned by fire..." No regrets, Coyote Rick Casa Alegre Hollywood, California "Only fools are afraid to be burned by fire..." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 09:46:31 -0800 From: Gil Lamont Subject: Re: Joni Live Kakki wrote: >This is amazing. I don't think we've ever heard stories here from anyone >who was at this performance. A bunch of us have a recording from the >Troubadour in 1969, but this definitely sounds like a different show. It >may be that you attended her first ever appearance in L.A. right before Song >to a Seagull was released. Ooops. My memory misinformed me. It had to have been in 1969 that I saw Joni at the Troubadour. Her first appearance there, according to http://www.jonimitchell.com/appearances.html, was in June 1968, and I was still at Fort Benning waiting for my separation orders from active Army duty. So it was January or May 1969, when I was living in Hollywood. The other details I offered are reliable, however. Blushing in chagrin, Gil ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 13:52:32 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Review of Winnipeg "River" Here's a Winnipeg Sun review of the Joni tribute show in Winnipeg: http://www.canoe.ca/TheatreReviewsJ/jonimitchellriver-sun.html Bob NP: Jay Farrar, "Drain" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 14:09:14 -0500 From: Gerald Notaro Subject: Re: Review of Winnipeg "River" OK, Mr. Demille. I'm ready for my close up! Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 19:15:45 -0000 From: "Rob Ettridge" Subject: Joni in Q's The 100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Photographs As if the world need another '100 Best...' list, Q have decided to publish a book of The 100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Photographs. I saw it last week and picked it up to see if there was an index or contents so I could check for a Joni photo, and mysteriously it just fell open on Joni photo. Eerie happenings!!! Perhaps another jmdler had been in HMV before me(?) The photo is one I hadn't seen before of Joni hugging Leonard Cohen backstage at the 1967 Newport Folk Festival taken by David Gahr. It also has some text by Gahr himself explaining the shot, but I'm afraid I can't remember much of it, and I can't afford to buy the book until I get a job. I remember that it said Joni wasn't performing that year, but had shown up for the songwriting workshop that was happening backstage. I bet that was quite something. Here's a link about the book itself, but there's no mention of Joni there: http://www.q4music.com/features/DisplayFeature.cfm?ObjectUUID=0315E919-6549-4 9BA-B12F4F612C83D13C ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 13:03:30 -0800 (PST) From: anne@sandstrom.com Subject: Re: Reading music I think in both Joni and Paul;s case, when they started out, they didn't consciously know they were 'bending' the rules. It just sounded good to them. They have a point in that sometimes it takes someone 'naive' to break new ground. Analyzing both Joni and Lennon/McCartney is like higher math... And I'm not sure someone analytical could have come up with the innovations they have. BUT, now it's interesting to me to study more mainstream music. I've always been mystified by the ability to write music with 'normal' chords, without turning your guitar inside out. I think it's a lot harder than using alternate tunings. (Perhaps this isn't the case for others...) Anyway, it's the transitions, or progressions in McCartney's music that's interesting, whereas the entire harmonic structure of Joni's music is unusual. At least, that's my take on it. lots of love Anne ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:07:25 EST From: BigWaltinSF@aol.com Subject: (sjc) SF Bay Area get-together(s) Hi, all, Been sick for several days -- so sorry, no mention of our trying to get together in Bay Area. Re: that -- All who are able to do so on a weekeday -- please try to check out the Bazaar Cafe here in the city on Wednesday night (5927 California, between 21st and 22nd, I think), that's *Wednesday*, not tomorrow, as I may have feverishly written to some of you earlier today, having skipped a day in my mind. Robert and I will probably be there by 5:30 p.m., and several other jmdlers have already sadi they'll be there sooner or later, as work and travel permit. Re: a weekend get-together -- I was laid low by bronchitis all weekend, so as soon as I can, I'll finish scouting out a location for a weekend get-together that might permit us to play as well as chat. News as I have it! best to all, and see some of you soon, walt ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 16:55:03 -0500 From: "Janine Sherman" Subject: Re: Joni live LONG >Janine, what a lovely post! May I note that your subject can be read another way? "Joni, live LONG!" Are you going to this year's fest? I'd be happy (and honored) to drive up 15 and pick you up! > Lori (your Canton sis) > Lori, Thanks for the offer, but my school system is in full swing by then and I can not take any time off for Fri or Monday. Hope you have a blast. How about we try to get a Beltway minifest going? Any listers from the MD, VA, WVA, PA, DE areas? I have two friends (a whole 2 friends who admire Joni) who would definitely be interested. LONG live Joni!!! Take care and hope you are coping with your loss OK one day at a time. (your Canton sis), Janine in Gettysburg - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. Click Here ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 17:18:24 -0800 From: "Johnson Victor" Subject: Joni and Ozzy Osbourne? I wonder if Ozzy Osbourne was listening to Joni Mitchell in the early seventies. Blue came out with "River" in 1971. I was listening to Black Sabbath Vol.4 which came out in 1972, and there's a very pretty piano love ballad on there that starts with this line, "I'm feeling happy, I feel so sad, I've lost the best friend that I ever had." O. Osbourne I immediately thought of "River". That one line really stands out. And its a song about mourning over lost love. Interesting... Victor NP: Black Sabbath "Changes" - --- Johnson Victor - --- waytoblu@mindspring.com - --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 23:56:20 -0000 From: "Jamie Zubairi" Subject: Re: Reading music And surely Hendrix never learned to read music! I mean, he played left handed most of the time (is that right or am I just bigging up us lefties among the group!) Peace Much Joni Jamie Zoob - ----- Original Message ----- From: Bree Mcdonough To: ; ; Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 2:37 PM Subject: RE: Reading music > >fred is so right about this. how i wish i knew how to read and write music > >and not only chord charts. i would know how to play more than a hundred of > >my own songs that i have forgotten through the years. > > Well,last night I went to a SUPERBORE party and asked this question. I > just got these WIDE OPEN STARES! Anywho,some of the answers were > interesting. My artist sister said that a muscian not reading music would > be like her not able to know what oils (colors)can be mixed > together.....primary colors etc. Somebody yelled,"Because they are lazy!!" > (Always ONE in every crowd ) Someone commented that maybe Joni's music and > Paul's would have been even better had they learned to read and write music. > I really question this??? Thanks for your responses. This is a question > that I have thought about over the years. > > Bree > > >That's a myth ... it can only enhance. That's like saying an illiterate > >person who speaks and thinks well would be hampered by learning to read and > >write. > > > >-Fred > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:24:47 -0000 From: "Jamie Zubairi" Subject: Re: Joni in Q's The 100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Photographs Hi Rob! It's a great photo. I had it for about 12 years when I first bought it as a postcard in a hippie shop in Leicester. I was always amazed by how long her fingers are in the photo.I must go and get that mag. It's funny to think that I 'know' every time Joni has SOMETHING in a magazine, whether it's a mention or a photo. Anyone else find that? And nice to see it in a big size Anyway, peace Much Joni Jamie Zoob - ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Ettridge To: Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 7:15 PM Subject: Joni in Q's The 100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Photographs > As if the world need another '100 Best...' list, Q have decided to publish a > book of The 100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Photographs. > > I saw it last week and picked it up to see if there was an index or contents > so I could check for a Joni photo, and mysteriously it just fell open on Joni > photo. Eerie happenings!!! Perhaps another jmdler had been in HMV before > me(?) > > The photo is one I hadn't seen before of Joni hugging Leonard Cohen backstage > at the 1967 Newport Folk Festival taken by David Gahr. It also has some text > by Gahr himself explaining the shot, but I'm afraid I can't remember much of > it, and I can't afford to buy the book until I get a job. > > I remember that it said Joni wasn't performing that year, but had shown up for > the songwriting workshop that was happening backstage. I bet that was quite > something. > > Here's a link about the book itself, but there's no mention of Joni there: > > http://www.q4music.com/features/DisplayFeature.cfm?ObjectUUID=0315E919-6549- 4 > 9BA-B12F4F612C83D13C ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 19:29:29 EST From: AsharaProducLLC@aol.com Subject: John Calimee Sorry for the bandwith everyone, but I lost John Calimee's e-mail address, and need to get in touch with him. John or anyone that knows his e-mail, please get in touch with me! Thanks! Hugs, Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:46:37 -0800 From: Steve Dulson Subject: Re: 101 things >Didn't I do a good job trimming your post? ;-) I thought Lori was >meaning me when I saw her post the other day. Guilty conscience I >guess. Thanks.. I will try to be mindful and trim more. Thanks Bree, much appreciated. By me, but not, I guess, by Colin. Oh well. Teach me to read *his* posts! :) - -- ######################################################## Steve Dulson Costa Mesa CA steve@psitech.com "The Tinker's Own" http://www.tinkersown.com "The Living Tradition Concert Series" http://www.thelivingtradition.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 20:00:43 EST From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Wally B. I was just reading in my journal from 2 years ago, and saw that on Feb. 4th Wally Breese passed away. I can't believe that 2 years have gone by so quickly, yet I still think of Wally every time I sign on the computer. If it wasn't for this wonderful man, there would be no JoniMitchell.com, and no JMDL, and I wouldn't have met so many wonderful people. Thank you Wally. Thanks for helping me learn so much about Joni. I know you're keeping track of us, and you know what a great job that J.J. and Les are doing. Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 20:09:32 -0500 From: Scott and Jody Subject: Re: Wally B. Jimmy wrote: > Thank you Wally. Thanks for helping me learn so much about Joni. I know > you're keeping track of us, and you know what a great job that J.J. and Les > are doing. > > I second that emotion Jimmy! love, jody ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 20:18:17 -0500 From: Vince Lavieri Subject: Re: Wally B. Wow, Jimmy, thanks for the reminder. He was such a kind and wonderful friend. And everything that you say is so exactly right, jimmy, thank you. Remembering Wally -- (the Rev) Vince FMYFL@aol.com wrote: > I was just reading in my journal from 2 years ago, and saw that on Feb. 4th > Wally Breese passed away. I can't believe that 2 years have gone by so > quickly, yet I still think of Wally every time I sign on the computer. If it > wasn't for this wonderful man, there would be no JoniMitchell.com, and no > JMDL, and I wouldn't have met so many wonderful people. > > Thank you Wally. Thanks for helping me learn so much about Joni. I know > you're keeping track of us, and you know what a great job that J.J. and Les > are doing. > > Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 22:23:54 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Wally B. waaaaaaaaaaaaaallyyyyyyyy!!!!!! hey there, beautiful beautiful beautiful wally breese! we owe it all to you and les and jim! keep an eye in us, baby, and you owe me a kiss when i go to heaven. the lesser wally ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 20:26:40 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Wally Breeze In a message dated 2/4/02 8:02:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, FMYFL@aol.com writes: > Thank you Wally. Thanks for helping me learn so much about Joni. I know > you're keeping track of us, and you know what a great job that J.J. and Les > > are doing. > I hate to just throw in a tidbit here, but a big me TOO You've said it well Jimmy. Thanks for reminded us of the anniversary of Wally's passing. I remember now, it fell just a few days short of his birthday, Feb. 7th I believe. (sigh) rose in nj ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 20:55:27 -0800 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: So Cal Jonifest Pics What no cell phones? No Sat phones? No computers? Ah shit I'm not coming! on 2/4/02 6:30 AM, AsharaJM@aol.com at AsharaJM@aol.com wrote: > WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY COOL, Donna!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for putting them up so we > could vicariously join in. > > BTW everyone, there aren't any phone lines to the rooms at Jonifest 2002, so > if you want to know what is happening, you'll have to sign up, and BE THERE!! > We won't be able to send you updates from Jonifest Central the way we always > have before. ;-) > > Hugs, > Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 21:10:22 -0800 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Wally B. Really hard to believe and I have to agree that everytime I come to the computer I think of him. What a special place we have here in Wally World and Les World not to mention Joni World and more importantly ASHARA World! Love Paz NP-Nobody Girl-RA on 2/4/02 5:00 PM, FMYFL@aol.com at FMYFL@aol.com wrote: > I was just reading in my journal from 2 years ago, and saw that on Feb. 4th > Wally Breese passed away. I can't believe that 2 years have gone by so > quickly, yet I still think of Wally every time I sign on the computer. If it > wasn't for this wonderful man, there would be no JoniMitchell.com, and no > JMDL, and I wouldn't have met so many wonderful people. > > Thank you Wally. Thanks for helping me learn so much about Joni. I know > you're keeping track of us, and you know what a great job that J.J. and Les > are doing. > > Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 19:12:48 -0800 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: Reading music >BUT, now it's interesting to me to study more >mainstream music. I've always been mystified by the >ability to write music with 'normal' chords, without >turning your guitar inside out. I think it's a lot >harder than using alternate tunings. (Perhaps this >isn't the case for others...) Anne your take is very interesting too. I would have thought just the opposite. Of course *unlike* you I am not a musician nor a songwriter. I can hit a few chords on the guitar and a little on the piano.. that is the extent of it. Did you hear Joni's explanation of her alternate/open tunings on the MUCHMUSIC program she did in 94'? Priceless!! Thanks for your insight. Bree NP:Joni,Shadow and Light video. (My Gawd....the amazing Jaco I have never seen him actually play before. Mesmerizing comes to mind) >lots of love >Anne _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 22:25:35 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Wally B. - --- Scott and Jody wrote: > Jimmy wrote: > > > > Thank you Wally. Thanks for helping me learn so > much about Joni. > > > > > I second that emotion Jimmy! > love, > jody Amen. ______________________________________________________________________ Web-hosting solutions for home and business! http://website.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 20:02:16 -0800 (PST) From: Lori in MD Subject: Beltway Minifest?? Well, here's an idea for a Beltway minifest (and I'm sending this just once w/o NJC in case any Joni-onlies would like to get together, too): Gregg Cagno is scheduled to perform at the River Road Unitarian Church in Bethesda, MD (inside the Beltway), on Sunday, March 17. Other performers include Tom Prasada-Rao, and Bill Parsons & Eric Weinberg. Performances begin at 7 pm. (See www.greggcagno.com for more info.) I've been planning for awhile to attend -- want to make it a minifest? Lori in MD (near DC) P.S. - John & Claudia, will you be in the U.S. that weekend? ~ Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 01:44:04 EST From: RobSher50@aol.com Subject: Jonifest CD's Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know that Sharon Buffington was kind enough to send me copies of the Jonifest CD's and I have to tell you; I was COMPLETELY blown away by the voices I heard; and I've only listened to the first Jonifest CD! Wow, Wow, Wow! I sat at my computer mesmerized not only by the sounds I heard, but by the depth of emotion in which they were presented. Hearing my Joni list members pouring out their hearts in song is an absolutely WONDERFUL treat! I feel extremely honored to be in the company of such talented individuals. (Are you getting that I was soooo impressed?) My only dilemma is that I do not know who is singing on each track. Is there any listing of these wonderful people on the Discussion List home page or in anyone's possession? I would LOVE to know who I am listening to. I need listings for all 5 Jonifest CD's. I could listen to these CD's over and over and over again. I can feel the love for Joni's music coming through each song and each performer. Awesome! Sherelle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 02:02:00 EST From: RobSher50@aol.com Subject: Re: Reading music Dear Fred, I have to agree with you. I play by ear, and I taught myself to understand music by learning Theory and learning to understand rhythm charts. I read guitar chords very well, which is how I play the piano believe it or not. I would love to be able to read and play sheet music, but I have trouble coordinating my right and left hands while attempting to play a piece of music. I truly believe it is partly because of the Synesthesia I've had all of my life. Many Synesthetes have trouble with left-right coordination. Many do not. I guess I was selected for the first group. For me, it is not a choice. There was always so much difficulty trying to get the coordination right, that I simply gave up trying. I wonder how many of those listed below have had the same difficulty. Take it from me, it is so much harder to come up with an alternative way to communicate your songs to other musicians when there is a musical language already in existence. I also have to say that learning Music Theory has actually "enhanced" my appreciation of music rather than diminished it. Many of these artists may have never been afforded the opportunity of music lessons, but were still driven by something deep inside to pursue this passion. (Jill Scott is also unable to read music) I did take music lessons for about six months, but my frustrations were compounded by a piano teacher who was not really very good. After him, I was never able to secure the opportunity again with a better teacher. Sherelle In a message dated 02/04/2002 4:30:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, les@jmdl.com writes: > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 03:45:37 EST > From: FredNow@aol.com > Subject: Reading music > > >A QUESTION FOR EVERYONE:Why do some of the GREATS i.e. Joni,Paul > >McCartney,Errol Garner,Buddy Rich,prefer or choose not to read nor write > >music? I understand that maybe in doing so would somehow curtail their > >creative juices/flow > > That's a myth ... it can only enhance. That's like saying an illiterate > person who speaks and thinks well would be hampered by learning to read and > > write. > > - -Fred ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2002 #37 ******************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she?