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  1. Gherkin ☑️ Gherkin ☑️

    Public service announcement to clear up a common misconception: John Cage's 4'33" is not silence. It is ambience. It is an encouragement to listen to what is in the room around you. It is specifically divided into movements so that, when performed live, the performers can turn their pages of blank sheet music every so often. It was the composer's intent that anything around you in the world could be considered music.

    Saturday, 05-Jul-14 10:13:38 UTC from web
    1. Narwhal Narwhal

      @thelastgherkin First person I've met who gets it.

      Saturday, 05-Jul-14 10:18:22 UTC from MuSTArDroid
      1. Gherkin ☑️ Gherkin ☑️

        @northernnarwhal Curmudgeonly music student yo.

        Saturday, 05-Jul-14 10:20:02 UTC from web
        1. Narwhal Narwhal

          @thelastgherkin Actually? That's really cool. Do you play anything?

          Saturday, 05-Jul-14 10:23:10 UTC from MuSTArDroid
          1. Gherkin ☑️ Gherkin ☑️

            @northernnarwhal I play the voice with some keyboard. It's been forever since I've had a proper lesson in either performance or theory, though. The college course didn't really go anywhere that the skills would be applied.

            Saturday, 05-Jul-14 10:25:12 UTC from web
            1. Narwhal Narwhal

              @thelastgherkin Oh, neat. I play the piano casually but am only self taught in theory, but in terms of performance I only learned a bit while in school band but have performed live a lot as a drummer.

              Saturday, 05-Jul-14 10:28:42 UTC from MuSTArDroid