AETHERPHON, global theremin family

\js wrote:

 >
 > also, i think it would be interesting to incorporate this into some
 > music. it would be more music about sound [john cage] than music about
 > melody [saint saens]; but still might be interesting to listen to [at
 > modest volume].

I've had the idea, as I'm sure every thereminist in the history of the 
world has, of tuning a theremin with the largest possible control zone 
and leaving it in a busy area and recording what happens.

 >
 > have several players come and play, with time between them, leaving
 > the theremin on at all times [or course, adjusted for zero beat]. i
 > wonder if the mosquitoes would affect the players differently in
 > addition to changing the music by landing on the antennas.

Well certainly some people are more attractive to mosquitoes than others 
for various biological reasons.  And if you're waving your hands around 
swatting then you're not playing with much precision ;-)

 >
 > i wonder how many of the players would resort to chemical warfare [bug
 > spray] to keep the bugs off of them!
 >

Oh I would.  Better living through chemistry.



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