Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lasspvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!lasspvax!gtaylor From: gtaylor@lasspvax.UUCP (Greg Taylor) Newsgroups: net.music.synth Subject: Oblique Suggestions for Discussions Message-ID: <300@lasspvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 15:43:03 EST Article-I.D.: lasspvax.300 Posted: Tue Apr 16 15:43:03 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Apr-85 02:39:49 EST Reply-To: gtaylor@lasspvax.UUCP (Greg Taylor) Organization: LASSP, Cornell University Lines: 84 Okay, things are a bit quiet in the newsgroup, and I just happen to have my copy of Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's "Oblique Strategies" here at the desk today. *So*, let's try a little experiment in creative networking: I'll draw about a dozen of the little suckers from the box, and let *you* post the net.music.synth article of your choice whose title or subject is suggested by the aphorism on the little card, okay? Since I draw the cards, I won't post the first article. That way, if no one else does, I'll let you assume that I was either bored or crazy. Here goes, campers: Water Accept advice Define an area as `safe' and use it as an anchor Remove ambiguities and convert to specifics Simply a matter of work Make a blank valuable by putting it in an exquisite frame Take a break Lowest common demoninator Always first steps A line has two sides Change instrument roles Is the intonation correct? Okay. Your turn. ________________________________________________________________________________Once I was young:once I was smart:now I'm living on the edge of my nerves:-Japan Gregory Alan Taylor:162 Clark Hall:Cornell University:Ithaca,NY 14850:USA USENET: {cmcl2,decvax,ihnp4}!cornell!lasspvax!gtaylor ARPANET: gtaylor@lasspvax.arpa BITNET: gtaylor@crnlthry.bitnet ________________________________________________________________________________