--- In crazy_music@yahoogroups.com, "xenharmonic" <xed@e...> wrote:
> To add to what Jeff Scott said, Jacob, here's what you need to do:

>
> [1] Support microtonal composers and microtonal music by buying their
> CDs and listening to their music. There's tons of superb microtonal
> music out there, virtually none of it available on the web.

There's a lot of microtonal music out there. Some of it is available
for free on the web. This does not mean it should be spat upon by the
pompous and arrogant merely because of that.


> How many of these people have websites?
>
> Zero. They're musicians, not web designers. Whenever you find a
> website about microtonal music, that's a sure sign you're dealing
> with somebody who doesn't compose any.

What arrogant, ignorant crap.

In the real world, the people
> who do, don't talk...and the people who talk, don't do anything.

Ignorant crap.

> How many of the above-named microtonal musicians have sprayed their
> music out on the web for free? Try "none."

And this makes it better?

Does it occur to you that it might
> cost money to host a website and let people download music?

Does it occur to you that the amount of money involved is small potatoes?

> Alternative Wanking List. For example, you can buy Carl Lumma's superb
> CD of microtonal music here:
>
> That's right, Carl Lumma hasn't produced a CD of microtonal music. But
> he's spewed out millions of words.

At least that means he has done something.

At least that's something. You can
> peruse gems like Carls' memorable claim "I've never made a mistake."
> How's that for wisdom? Puts Socrates to shame, don't it? Wait,
> though -- you could also go here to find Paul Erlich's great CD of
> microtonal music:
>
> That's right, Paul Erlich hasn't released any CDs of microtonal music
> either.

He's released a CD. I have a copy.

But why let that stop you? Erlich has vomited out millions of
> words. Go read 'em, then stick your head in a car-crushing machine and
> chant "I am wise, I have attained the knowledge of the ages!" Or you
> could always listen to that magnificent CD of microtonal music by
> Jonathan Szanto available here:
>
> Whoops, Jonathan Szanto hasn't released any CDs of microtonal music
> either.

Gee, and I thought we were supposed to support "real musicians". Jon
doesn't count?

> Yes, Joe Monzo hasn't released any CDs of microtonal music either.

Paul, Jon and Joe have all composed microtonal music. What, exactly,
is your claim to fame?

> And last but far from least, there's Gene Ward Smith -- he has made
> vast contributions to microtonailty, including this memorable recent
> post just a few days back on the MetaMusic forum (a group devoted to
> discussing the Alternative Tuning List):

Gene Ward Smith is also a better composer than you will ever be, in
his obviously far from humble opinion. That you are a microtonal hack
does not make you special.

> Just makes you want to jump up and compose microtnal music, doesn't
> it? And not only that -- Gene has actually released CDs of music.
> Alas, not microtonal.

*Everything* I write is microtonal, you baboon.

They sound like Beethoven on a bad day played on
> a piano that hasn't been tuned since the Nixon administration. 12
> pitches in the octave only.

What an imbecile.