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ProfessorGAC

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2. As A Joke...
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 08:59 AM
Sep 2024

...I did 4'33" at a talent show in college! I sat on the bench with a stopwatch.
In the spirit of Cage, I then did a prepared piano thing. Thumbtacks in some hammers, marbles on the strings, my foot on the sustain pedal almost the whole time, then played everything in diminished or augmented scales & chords.
It was nothing but theoretically consistent noise. I think John would have approved.

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John Cage was born on this date. [View all] Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2024 OP
My musical honor 303squadron Sep 2024 #1
As A Joke... ProfessorGAC Sep 2024 #2
On September 5, 1912, John Cage was born. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 #3
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