Comments on: Desert recharging http://rogerbourland.com/2007/06/23/desert-recharging/ Roger Bourland writes about music and life Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:19:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Roger Bourland http://rogerbourland.com/2007/06/23/desert-recharging/comment-page-1/#comment-33557 Roger Bourland Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:53:08 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/06/23/desert-recharging/#comment-33557 I do work in complete silence the majority of the time. We don't get much rain in LA and I miss it terribly. I get a profound feeling of calm listening to rain. And, like highway driving with the windows down, I am able to hear almost anything with the sonic white noise graph paper of rain. I do work in complete silence the majority of the time. We don’t get much rain in LA and I miss it terribly. I get a profound feeling of calm listening to rain. And, like highway driving with the windows down, I am able to hear almost anything with the sonic white noise graph paper of rain.

]]> By: Brad Wood http://rogerbourland.com/2007/06/23/desert-recharging/comment-page-1/#comment-33553 Brad Wood Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:23:19 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/06/23/desert-recharging/#comment-33553 Speculating here, I think it's just essentially impossible to get real silence almost anywhere anymore, so the masking sound effects are preferable to any likely pitched sounds coming in from external sources. I'm reminded though of the story of the serial composer who would work on his music while in the middle of a concert, and insisted it made no difference to his music. And I think I'm inclined to agree with him---it was probably just as beautiful and profound as it would have been otherwise ;) Speculating here, I think it’s just essentially impossible to get real silence almost anywhere anymore, so the masking sound effects are preferable to any likely pitched sounds coming in from external sources.

I’m reminded though of the story of the serial composer who would work on his music while in the middle of a concert, and insisted it made no difference to his music.

And I think I’m inclined to agree with him—it was probably just as beautiful and profound as it would have been otherwise ;)

]]> By: lupkyn http://rogerbourland.com/2007/06/23/desert-recharging/comment-page-1/#comment-33552 lupkyn Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:50:55 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/06/23/desert-recharging/#comment-33552 As one who hopes to one day do some composing, I am with citrus in finding this interesting. The listening to rain and thunder on headphones is surprising... I would have assumed silence, or relative silence, to be the ideal sonic backdrop for composing. Is this a way to activate a more dramatic emotional state? As one who hopes to one day do some composing, I am with citrus in finding this interesting. The listening to rain and thunder on headphones is surprising… I would have assumed silence, or relative silence, to be the ideal sonic backdrop for composing. Is this a way to activate a more dramatic emotional state?

]]> By: citrus http://rogerbourland.com/2007/06/23/desert-recharging/comment-page-1/#comment-33550 citrus Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:58:23 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/06/23/desert-recharging/#comment-33550 Good piece! Interesting and informative. Fun to know what goes on on those great retreats. Good piece! Interesting and informative. Fun to know what goes on on those great retreats.

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