she once said that what I was doing
was 'just like meditation, only more painful'
same source, different day;
poetry can be similar to journaling, only more wistful.
a grain of salt could come in handy,
but a smart remark would be more helpful.
often it is the implied reverberation
that sends a conversation over the edge.
as figured fears work their way into our psyche.
so do our commitments often become the wedge.
While a chipping hammer was at one time adequate,
today I am reaching for the sledge.
passion scatters amongst the dust,
shedding darkness one cold layer at a time.
-b2
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Bryan , allow me to explain I am NOT trying to sell amps to my friends at church. That would be
ReplyDeletelike a car salesman trying to sell cars to his church friends which is beyond tacky and tasteless.
Those of us who have been a part of the "resurrection' of this retro technology from the 50's
and sixties literally saved the tube manufactureres, and transformer manufacturers worldwide,
which was in danger of folding for good. 80% of guitarists, like myself, own a vacuum tube amp
for its power and pleasing harmonics. That 900 volts AC rectified tp 420Volts DC on the tubes
produce what is known among audiophiles as the "live concert' sound..a
certain nearness, physical presence of live musicians and vocalists.
This technology attracted the brightest minds, rocket
scientists of that era for the War Effort, from MIT, Cal Tech, and Bell Laboratories...
This precision with Audio has never been successfully
replicated by way of any other form of electronics since then. Transistor devices just sound
deplorable to us.
It's just that there are some $1200 to $3,000 in parts required for each amp! Thus, very few
can afford one. But they are, in essence, no more costly than , say, some comfortable
furniture for the den or living room.... this is not me promoting my amps, but a desire
to introduce the younger generation to what they have never heard in their short lives...
to discover how marvelous and grand it really is. It's nothing less than astonishing
The director loaned me his Mozart "Magic Flute" produced and sung in Swedish ~ thanks
to the gifted film maker Ingemar Bergman. One immensely beautiful song after another.
watched it two nights in a row, and had to resist the temptation to watch it a third time!I
It is amazing. This is what I'd so like to introduce to my friends who seem to love music.
I realize young people have jobs, and families...and thus, very little spare time..unlike us retirees
with huge amounts of free time. But do, someday, indulge yourself in hearing a good system
someday. And do sing along !...this is a wonderful and fun way to develop good pitch control
and intonation...proper formation of the mouth,lips and tongue . Try singing by
resonating in your nose...and then shift the resonation toward the back of the throat..
it will take on much greater beauty of intonation, and sound much more 'manly' too.
Forget falsetto.
Listen to Roberto Alagna singing his Scicilian folk tunes would convince you that this
is how singing is done. At full voice...and that is about 90 to 110 decibels. That's where one finds
a good sound, and a lovely, controlled vibrato. Just the organ is at 90 -100 decibels...so this is why falsetto is not heard by even those in the front rows!
Thank you for indulging me in this little lecture on the science of true hi fidelity. Meaning
"faithful exactly to what the microphones heard in the studio...no altering, no degradation".
I remarked to my electronic engineer, with whom I consult, that the little plastic monstrosity
in the choir reheasal room sound like music bubbling up from the Berea Tar Pits.
oh that is so sad. And that is what this generation has come to believe is "sounds great"...sigh.
We both had a good chuckle over that...there are, not kidding, about $4 in parts in one of those
little plastic hi fi's from Walmart. sigh again.
Your friend Frank
Wow Frank! With writing like that you make a guy want to pack it in and make way for the real poets. Good stuff, thanks for sharing. - b2
ReplyDeleteBTW, LOL, FYI ( wink ) when we form an ensemble at St John, I have come up with a name for us :
ReplyDelete"Audacious and perspecacious apotropaic interlocutors" ..or psychobabllers for short : predominantly metaphorical language for expressing one's feelings
You can be the Perspicacious Pontificator, and I'll be Augustly Audacious.
If you ever get around to reading Joseph Conrad's "Youth"..be sure to have a webster's collegiate dictionary at hand...you will be referring to it virtually every paragraph!