Music Group

Hello, everyone!
Here is the new group for experiencing your musical favours in art. Everyone is welcome! Any ideas and projects are welcome!

there s some new information to come!

great group! ♪ ♫

hello! can anybody help and tell me what file can be used as groups avatar - i have a rather small jpeg image but i seem to be unable to load it as avatar. what s the problem?

the error is

We're Sorry
The length of your group's description (895) exceeds the maximum (250)

 

which means: the text you copied and pasted is too log. Edit it until it has a length of max 250 letters.

i sent message to Ruud Jannsen - i believe we will be happily viewing the group's front image soon =)

Bonsoir!

Folks have been asking should they send/swap music?

Well, I'm not sure that this aws the original intention of those who set up the Group, but this being IUOMA anything goes...so do what you want to (on the upbeat°;

I won't be showing off my rthymn guitar and Barorque and Renaissance alto recorder skills, but just stick to collages, etc.

EXACTLY 16 years ago I bought my Fender Stratocaster guitar.

Happy Birthday Strat!

Regards, Val

I'd be interested in sharing a DVD worth of music files if anyone's interested?

I'm a musician and do a LOT of music-related mail art! My musical training is in composition, and I use bits of my own music in my postcards and other mail art. Here's something that I sent out for a recent mail art call, "4 senses."

 

 

While I was thinking about what to make, I thought about how quite a few famous and successful musicians are blind, including Diane Schuur, Clarence Carter, Marcus Roberts, and George Shearing (who just passed away).

 

This mail art call came from a group in Russia that provides services to persons with disabilities, so I did a little bit of looking around to find a Russian-language Braille alphabet. The dots in the red and yellow squares spell out the Russian word for "music."

Hurray! the avatar is on its place. the problem was my browser Opera. It doesnt read html code correctly on this site whereas IE reads it fine. thanks IE - you've been useful this time.

Great logo, Maria!

I like this theme!!! I have started 2011 dedicating my cards to music!!!

One question:

Shall we only post our works here or can we exchange works???

Thank you

Tina

Bonsoir Tina!

I suggest that you do both -- post here, and send your works to people.

I, for one, would like to exchange a Musical Spring peice with you.

My address is 1 rue de la Vieille Fontaine, F-11130 Sigean, France.

If enough folks in the Group would like to  xchange a a piece, we could have a Special Organised Mailing (I have experience with these), when everyone who 'signs up' for it exchanges a piece -- which can be the same or different ones -- to all other partcipants, on say 15 March -- which, coincidentally happens to be the ides of March.

Please let me know if you are interested in such a Mailing.

Regards, Val

Hello, everyone!

We are glad to annouce theme for March and it is

 

The Spring of Music

 

Please compose some Musical Mail Art (Music and/or Mail Art) with this theme in mind.

We can start exchanging it during the month of March...and then find another theme for April.

I hope that this will get our Group off to a good start.

 

Cheers,

MF

 

 

I have chosen for you a Vivaldi mandolin Concerto.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QObCmBCZ4w0

 

Collage made with paper dated May 1895, 1950 and 2010

Menin aeide thea Peleiadeo Achileos Anger sing of, goddess, of Peleus's son Achilleus                          Cantami, o Diva, del Pelide Achille l’ira funesta

Magnifique, Tina!

(I'm sending you a 'Bread and Peace' card next week)

Val

Thank you Val! I'm sending mine next week too.

 

This is my address:

 

TINA FESTA

Viale Nicola Festa, 3

75100 MATERA

ITALY

Is there any theme yet for April?

April Fools would be a good one...?

Or what about april Showers (the kind which bring May flowers)? I mean, do we know of any April Fools Day songs? That might blow my chances for participation.Sorry, Carla.......

I like the idea of an "april showers" theme, and can think of a lot of songs about rain ......

I can think of a few. Certainly more than April Fool's day--but then, our musical muse, Ms Carla herself, may have quite the backlog on her side. Some people have it all down when it comes to musical Trivial Pursuit!!

The debate continues..............

 

:)

I think it's about time that our leader Maria F decided on what the theme should be. I was thinking about a May theme, and May Day came to mind. It has at least 2 meanings -- celebration of workers' rights/powers, etc, and the international distress signal: the two can be related of course.

Over to you, Maria F

Regards, Val

Let's make it dedicated to the Fool's Day Celebration, he? It can be fun!

Well, we could go both ways, with april Fool's Day behind us, and May day yet to arrive, we are on the cusp of both.

But i'll wait till we hear again from Maria F. before proceeding to art it up.

To fellow Music Lovers: I've just heard from Our Leader Maria F that she has to devote all her time in the immediate future to her work and so has no time to look after our Group. That is why nothing has happened over the last week or so.

We need to keep things going otherwise I fear we'll lose our momentum.

ROSE: would you be kind enough to lead an April Fool and/or May Day mailing? set us the artistic theme, the deadline etc? And then we can get people to 'sign up' for it. And then we can keep things going.

Fortissimo, Rose, fortissimo.

Regards, val

Moi???

(blushing, stammering)

 

Okay. I say we go for either/or, each to their own discretion. Mailing by May 1st for My Day, mailing for April Foolishness before month's end.

Is that agreeable for everyone?

"My" = May, in this case.

 

My typing skills need revamping. Either that or I need a brain transplant.  :P

May Day for Val

Okey-dokey!

That's one promise for some art in time for "May Day! May Day!" 

Hi PPS-EMcG, I missed an earlier comment of yours, but would like to suggest an eggplant instead of a brain stransplant.

Roasted, with oil and herbes de provence naturellement. Regards, Val

Hmmmm....

Make mine roasted zucchini slices in olive oil with (sorry!) garlic and fresh leafy basil! En croute!

Where are the others?

Any takers for April's Foolishnesses or excesses?

Who can stop this fool from typing s's???????

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS?

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...just woken up 06.15 here.

Where are the others?

You have to work hard, very hard to get them involved. That's the secret of these mailings.

Go for it, gall, go for it.

Try hazleneut flavoured olive ooil.

Yours Popeye

Hazelnut flavored, you say? 

Well, hoity toity!

 

Sounds good. where do you find the stuff? Where we shop, there is a lack of supply of such treats.

No more food comments on this from me; Are we having a mailing or not? Who's in it?

Regards, Val

Looks like our numbers were decimated. If there are but two or three, shall we disband?

I'm hopeful things may turn around later on.

Am i dreaming?

There is something wrong with this Group. No one is really interested in what should be a really obvious and inspirational theme. I don't know why people join a Group and then do nothing about it. I also believe that Groups should only exist for a month -- after a first wave of enthusiasm, things grind to a halt, and the Groups should be wound up: this is a prime example of this. It's Maria's Group, and she has responsibility for it  -- although I strongly encouraged her to start it, and must share some of that responsibility.

I suggest this mailing is canned, because it just ain't worth doing on a small scale.

Perhaps the Group members don't like group mailings -- that I can understand, but I can't understand why they are not more inspired by Music and Mail Art.

Frustratedly yours, Val

TO ANY AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WHO MAY BE READING THIS......what do you want from this group, if anything? What are you prepared to contribute to this Group, if anything?

I like your wording: "TO ANY AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WHO MAY BE READING THIS......what do you want from this group, if anything? What are you prepared to contribute to this Group, if anything?"

Hope that gives us some more time!

 

For what it's worth, I do see more than one vitally interested gang here in groups which are ongoing, fresh, really hip. Nothing wrong with that. But wouldn't you want something to continue that had been going well enough for long whiles? 

Let's not generalize away the idea some groups are livelier than this one.

Val, I'll be preparing two cards for you, including one for the Day of May, and I have your address in hand.

An old Cliff Richard song, called 'Summer Holiday':

"We're all going on a summer holiday
no more working for a week or two.
Fun and laughter on our summer holiday,
no more worries for me or you,
for a week or two.

We're going where the sun shines brightly
we're going where the sea is blue.
we've all seen it on the movies,
now let's see if it's true.

Everybody has a summer holiday
doin' things they always wanted to
So we're going on a summer holiday,
to make our dreams come true
for me and you.
for me and you. "

 

I'm going away, not exactly on a summer holiday, but I'll be back in a week or two.

I hope that you enjoy your summer.

Regards, le tour de val

Here's a quick black and white postcard I made this weekend featuring an anonymous 60s rock band.

Painted envelope I amiled to Helen Daley in Australia.

Title "In the court of the Crimson King" refers to first LP of King Crimson. Have the CD now, extended one with alternate takes of certain songs. Favorite song: Epitaph

This was inspired by the music of South African jazz giant, Abdullah Ebrahim, or as he was known then, Dollar Brand.  The cigarette image is from a metal trading store sign that graces my studio.  For a sublime musical experience, try Sweet Basil Blues from the CD Blues for a Hip King.

THE FIREBIRD, inspired by Stravinsky

RUNNING BLUE, based on a song by THE DOORS (album THE SOFT PARADE)

HERE COMES THE SUN,

inspired by a Beatles' song

OCTOPUS'S GARDEN

Inspired by a Beatles' song

THE GREEN MANALISHI

Inspired by a song from Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac (the early Fleetwood Mac, not The Rumours crap)

Lyrics:

The green manalishi

Written by Peter Green


Now, when the day goes to sleep and the full moon looks
The night is so black that the darkness cooks
Don’t you come creepin’ around - makin’ me do things I don’t want to

Can’t believe that you need my love so bad
Come sneakin’ around tryin’ to drive me mad
Bustin’ in on my dreams - making me see things I don’t wanna see

Break:

’cause you’re da green manalishi with the two prong crown
All my tryin’ is up - all your bringin’ is down
Just taking my love then slippin’ away
Leavin’ me here just tryin’ to keep from following you

 

Painted envelope WILD IS THE WIND, inspired by a Nina Simone song, one of her best!