A Conversation with John Cage

by Ed Herrmann

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1.	Inventions in Berkeley 07:32	buy track
2.	drones & laughter 05:14	buy track
3.	wanting change, old ideas 03:39	buy track
4.	burglar alarms 02:12	buy track
5.	Cagefest 02:20	buy track
6.	two new pieces 03:24	buy track
7.	always melody 01:23	buy track
8.	harmony 04:34	buy track
9.	Skywalker, film music 02:54	buy track
10.	percussion music 03:16	buy track
11.	Satie society, computers 01:54	buy track
12.	Freeman Etudes 02:15	buy track
13.	Renga, Roaratorio 06:54	buy track

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This conversation with John Cage was recorded in 1989 at a private home in Berkeley, CA. The mood is relaxed, the pace leisurely, as Cage talks about melody and harmony, extreme durations, film music, accepting “annoying” sounds, working with computers, performances of his music, and more.

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released May 1, 2004

Recorded and produced by Ed Herrmann, September 19, 1989.

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Ed Herrmann Columbia, Missouri

Ed Herrmann shapes sound into music using whatever electronic and acoustic means necessary. Listening to and recording the sound of nature and water is a lifelong pleasure.

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