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???????

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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.