From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #169 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Website:http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe:mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Saturday, May 17 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 169 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: tuning to the birds [Michael Paz ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 02:37:10 +0400 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: tuning to the birds Hey Dave Hello from Tiblisi Georgia. Watching you guys on TV from here now and my prayers are with you guys that things calm down there with Mo Nature. It is 2:35 am Georgia time (NO not you Victor) and having a martini with some old amsterdam cheese (HI UNCLE JOHN) and liver sausage i got in Rotterdam this am. Have been keeping an eye as much as possible on you. Hope all is well Love Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com The Paz Group Audio/Video/Lighting Design & Installation Complete Event Production Services Artist, Tour, and Production Management michael@thepazgroup.com Contact-504-382-0343 Home Office-985-764-0395 SKYPE: jmichaelpaz On May 16, 2014, at 9:33 PM, Dave Blackburn wrote: That sounds like interview-speak to me. All of her tunings are concordant, if unconventional, and conform to the notes in the chromatic scale. Bird song certainly has its pitches, but is unconfined to any scale or temperament. Its more likely Joni found inspiration when out in nature, as probably most artists do, but went a step further to intrigue the interviewer in claiming she actually tuned to the birds. On May 16, 2014, at 6:52 AM, SusanBTaylorBand wrote: > You all probably know this: I listened to an interview with Joni years ago and she said that many times when writing a new song, she would go to the woods and tune her guitar to whatever notes the birds were singing. I hope she goes into more details like this in the new book. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #169 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe