Day 089: If a tree falls in a forest
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Vienna 1971—A Student Journal
A year of music, study, travel, sightseeing &
friends.
Day
89 — If a tree falls in a forest...
30-October-1971
(Sat.)
TRANSCRIPT
Spent most of today trying to gather sounds on the
portable tape recorder for our electronic music
project. Some interesting ideas and sounds, but most
don’t seem to be “fantastic.” I’m learning that
nothing is easy, and [I] must use a good amount of
creativity, imagination, and thought. Of course, the
problems are always the aggravating parts—i.e.
batteries dead. That always seems to be a part of
life.
REFLECTIONS
Trekking
for sounds. Today, I’m
in search of the elusive sound for use in my
electronic music project. It sounds like I didn’t
find it. I am using a portable tape recorder and, of
course, after a while the batteries go dead. Murphy’s
Law. Technology’s Law.
Learning
and discovery. I’m
learning that “nothing is easy.” Not even the
recording of sounds on a small tape recorder. All of
this is good, however.
Learning is trying out things and discovering what
works and what doesn’t work. You learn from your
mistakes, and you learn from your successes. Of
course, while you are actually on the path of
learning, the difficulties turn out to be
frustrating—a consistent theme of this blog. My horn
practicing frustrations are a prime example. The good
news—take one step at a time, put one foot in front
of the other, move forward, keep trying. Learning
will take place. Just don’t give up too early.
All of these recurring themes. Is anyone noticing?
Interestingly, during the course of this year,
a single
sound will
become of extreme importance to me and my school
work. How’s that for intrigue and suspense? Ok,
the Bourne
Supremacy has more
suspense and intrigue.
See you tomorrow.
"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to
hear it, does it make a sound?"
John
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