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Thanks! for the Music
By Ron Yost

Hello all!

I'd like to add my hearty THANK YOU to all involved for sharing
"Painting the Town Red, White & Blue".  What a WONDERFUL arrangement!!

The Piccolo track sounds really great played on the real Glockenspiel
in my MIDIed Fair Organ.  It really gets a workout! <One of the
advantages of a MIDIed organ is the ability to play SEPARATE parts on
different instruments.> For instance, the Glockenspiel doesn't have to
be forever slaved to the Melody.  Mine can play separate melody,
counter-melody or just nice, occasional ornamentation, just like a real
marching band.  It's pretty neat, IMHO!

Boy, does that main melody track sound GREAT on loudly-voiced
Bruder-scale Violins! WOW!!!! I'm *extremely* impressed (and very
grateful), and I hope all of you are working on some more songs ---
PRETTY PLEASE!!!

BTW: Stephen, are you the same Stephen Kent Goodman who had an
exhibition of original 'Sound Sculpture' in Exposition Park in L.A.
about 1977-78? I still have a ton of photos I took of that exhibit! It
was extremely clever, and a real inspiration to me.  If so, have you
done any further work in that area?  (I wonder what became of Stephen
Von Hume? Another 'Sound Sculpture' pioneer.  His 'Kinetic Dog'
audio-sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's collection is
really great.)

I'll be posting some of my work with original Fair Organ music, too, if
I can get the bugs out of my e-mail system!

*Very* grateful for the music.  Thanks again, guys!!

Ron Yost <ryost@fix.net>¶
646 Bolen Dr.¶
Paso Robles, CA 93446¶
805-238-1071

(Message sent Tue, 9 Apr 1996 23:27:18 -0700 (PDT) , from time zone -0700.)

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