on 7/8/03 10:47 PM, Paul wrote:

> Anyone else here into the
> old school way of making sounds by vibrating objects?

Hi Paul, we have a small ensemble of instruments we call the Hillbilly
Tincamelan, which is a small gamelan made out of discarded materials and
objects.

There is a rack of gongs, a xylophone, a set of soprano bonangs, a thing
with drapery cords that I should come up with a name for, and miscellaneous
drums and rattles. Recently have added a Katagotan to it, but so far have
played the katagotan with an mbira and rattle grouping rather than with the
idiophones.

We show up unexpectedly at places and give concerts, which so far have been
welcomed by our hapless and unsuspecting audiences.

Your web page has a fantastic photo of you playing a number of instruments
I've never seen before. If I was within 150 miles of your concert, wild
horses couldn't keep me away, but I am about a thousand miles which is more
than a day trip can handle and I can't be gone for more than a day because
of the goats and chickens.

- Jeff