Thanks, Eva, nice to be appreciated!
I don't know whether Frank is signed up to this group, but I'm
forwarding your comments to him anyway. OK?

Those on this Discussion Group who are not Members of the Music & Psyche
Network may like to know that the Journal referred to is available from
me for sale @ £4.80 incl. p&p. (overseas orders I'm not sure we can deal
with unless by sterling, transfer or a cheque.)
This issue has 92 pages: articles and event, book and CD reviews.
Extract from the Editorial:
"And in this Issue are some tools for the soul journey. R.Murray Schafer
gently prepares us for the work to come by showing us how to commune
with stones, to slow our time towards that of their immense longevity.
Frank Perry invites us to focus on the ways of the heart, essential for
proper conduct on the way, while Elodie Lauten warns of the pitfalls and
snares lying in wait for the unwary musician. And Susan Nares cuts
straight to the essence in her remembrance of group improvised music
making.

Complementing these in differing modes, the two Michaels, Tucker and
Steer, illuminate the sound world of Jan Garbarek and the
spiritual/philo-sophical /lebensraumer/ which situate his work in the
world. Rod Paton offers a ‘figure and ground’/ /understanding of musical
structure, showing how that may assist music therapists to comprehend
clients’ improvisations in terms of their disabilities. Finally, but not
last or least, Russell Stone provides an extended formal exploration of
group vocal soundings, gaining fascinating and heart-warming evidence
for just how, and in what ways, sound and music actually function as
therapy and pathways to transformation."


e-mail me, or send an order, with cheque and your address, to
Clement Jewitt
1 Spark Street
Birmingham B11 1RX

ATB to all,
Clement

PS. Eva, I'm dying to know what dire piece it was that made your head
hurt and eyes glaze over ...


Evadiva@... wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> Just a quick one to say "thank you" to all those involved in producing
> the journal.........ie Clement and all the other contributors.
> It is WONDERFUL.
> I took it to work today, as a 'survival tool" to read in an unpleasant
> rehearsal! It is difficult to read, count and play at the same time,
> but I could hardly put it down!.
> I am not good with words........music YES! BUT, my 1st impression is
> that I can "get into" EVERY article. Phew........nothing that makes my
> head hurt or my eyes glaze over (unlike that rehearsal I was in).
> I have only just started to read this journal. However, I was nearly
> moved to tears by Frank Perry's "anahata nada".