Comments for X- Culture http://www.chandacom-xculture.net Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:52:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on The Tyranny of Words by Michael Spencer http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/the-tyranny-of-words/comment-page-1/#comment-700 Michael Spencer Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:26:15 +0000 http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/?p=648#comment-700 I was lucky enough to be invited into one at the UCL Ear Institute. Quite a scary experience actually. It makes you realise how much we use our ears to determine our bearings and the nature of our surroundings. I was lucky enough to be invited into one at the UCL Ear Institute. Quite a scary experience actually. It makes you realise how much we use our ears to determine our bearings and the nature of our surroundings.

]]> Comment on The Tyranny of Words by Silvia Cambie http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/the-tyranny-of-words/comment-page-1/#comment-699 Silvia Cambie Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:00:58 +0000 http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/?p=648#comment-699 Framing the silence with improvisation is such an interesting idea... I have never been in an anechoic chamber. Where can I find one? Framing the silence with improvisation is such an interesting idea… I have never been in an anechoic chamber. Where can I find one?

]]> Comment on The Tyranny of Words by Michael Spencer http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/the-tyranny-of-words/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Michael Spencer Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:14:30 +0000 http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/?p=648#comment-696 I feel it is a common misconception about musical improvisation that it is often considered as something you do to fill the silences with sound, when in fact some of the most effective improvisation is really more about how one frames the silences. Without becoming too esoteric, one has to question what the true meaning of silence is anyway. Even in an anechoic chamber where all sound is sucked away we can still hear our nervous and pulmonary systems. There is only one moment when we are truly in silence...and that, unfortunately, is rather terminal! I feel it is a common misconception about musical improvisation that it is often considered as something you do to fill the silences with sound, when in fact some of the most effective improvisation is really more about how one frames the silences.

Without becoming too esoteric, one has to question what the true meaning of silence is anyway. Even in an anechoic chamber where all sound is sucked away we can still hear our nervous and pulmonary systems. There is only one moment when we are truly in silence…and that, unfortunately, is rather terminal!

]]> Comment on Melting Fear with Music by Michael Spencer http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/melting-fear-with-music/comment-page-1/#comment-634 Michael Spencer Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:20:25 +0000 http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/?p=599#comment-634 Let me check my diary!! Let me check my diary!!

]]> Comment on Melting Fear with Music by Silvia Cambie http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/melting-fear-with-music/comment-page-1/#comment-629 Silvia Cambie Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:15:20 +0000 http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/?p=599#comment-629 When am I going to get my own mini-recital? :) When am I going to get my own mini-recital? :)

]]> Comment on Melting Fear with Music by Michael Spencer http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/melting-fear-with-music/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Michael Spencer Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:02:43 +0000 http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/?p=599#comment-627 I remember being stuck at immigration some years back when on tour with the LSO in Korea. A rather burly guard demanded I open my violin case and show him what was inside. I needed no second prompting, took my fiddle out and gave him his own mini-recital. There was only one tune to fit the bill at that particular moment. 'Show me the way to go home!' I don't think he quite understood the significance. I remember being stuck at immigration some years back when on tour with the LSO in Korea. A rather burly guard demanded I open my violin case and show him what was inside. I needed no second prompting, took my fiddle out and gave him his own mini-recital. There was only one tune to fit the bill at that particular moment.

‘Show me the way to go home!’

I don’t think he quite understood the significance.

]]> Comment on Loving my Six Copies by Silvia Cambie http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/loving-my-six-copies/comment-page-1/#comment-604 Silvia Cambie Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:50:59 +0000 http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/?p=580#comment-604 Thank you, Emma. I look forward to your visit to London Thank you, Emma. I look forward to your visit to London

]]> Comment on Loving my Six Copies by Emma Huang http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/loving-my-six-copies/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Emma Huang Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:22:44 +0000 http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/?p=580#comment-601 A suspense novel - that's my favourite genre! The comments from Dr Jagdish Sheth made me more curious of the book. Can't wait to read it! A suspense novel - that’s my favourite genre! The comments from Dr Jagdish Sheth made me more curious of the book. Can’t wait to read it!

]]> Comment on Loving my Six Copies by Silvia Cambie http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/loving-my-six-copies/comment-page-1/#comment-600 Silvia Cambie Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:22:48 +0000 http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/?p=580#comment-600 Well, it's also the fact that you have written 2 exciting novels....and it's rubbing off... Well, it’s also the fact that you have written 2 exciting novels….and it’s rubbing off…

]]> Comment on Loving my Six Copies by Yang-May http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/loving-my-six-copies/comment-page-1/#comment-596 Yang-May Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:15:24 +0000 http://www.chandacom-xculture.net/?p=580#comment-596 Hey, Silvia, it's your tense John Le Carre-esque opening few paragraphs in Chapter One that hopefully draws the reader in....! Hey, Silvia, it’s your tense John Le Carre-esque opening few paragraphs in Chapter One that hopefully draws the reader in….!

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