[NewMusic] Mats and his Weevil electronic sax

[Phillip Greenlief]

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Subject: Re: [NewMusic] Mats and his Weevil electronic sax

I'm surprised to hear ya'll get so down on the electric horn without
trying
it or hearing it for yourself. Sometimes you have to live with a new
instrument to find out what it has to say (or not say)

PG:
I'm not down on it at all - I'm sorry if I gave that impression - but at
this point, I'm still trying to learn to play the saxophone. I added the
clarinet about 12 years ago, and it's kicking my ass much harder than
I'm kicking it back.  

As you probably already know, I'm very interested in electronic music;
I'm just trying to hang with it in my own way (as an acoustic
counter-point, but still trying to work in the language of electronic
music).

GR:
I heard Jorrit Dykstra play his lyricon the other nite, using a Cwejman
analog synth as his sound source, and it gave him an amazing amount of
control of the sound parameters (or rather, he can really make music
with
it). 

PG:
He sounds fantastic on it. I'm reviewing a record he did with John
Hollenbeck - if you don't get a chance to hear him live, check that CD
out - it's amazing.