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		<title>Musicking People</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2008/06/12/musicking-people/155/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Maid in Mexico

Lots to say about musicking, informal music playing, aspirations, working conditions, social status, musical sensitivity.
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Lots to say about musicking, informal music playing, aspirations, working conditions, social status, musical sensitivity.<<img src="--f6fb2f4169b98cf6c11da3b01db067c8--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;6a599ce0edec67d8e4762569ecc8f4eb&#8212;><<img src="--192ccd070ba583164925d7f2deac8004--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;971b080ffc97045d954282274120e6a2&#8212;><<img src="--fb19565065f43cd4eca3ec4ab480adca--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;bd04f69acb7bee85a814ee0d8c6726a5&#8212;><<img src="--0bb4926248aadfec7fbcc0195093d4ad--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;7ccdfd4a71656cbb8c52c1b39b29b423&#8212;><<img src="--03b83b0a7c8ff1c64ac3121de681df41--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;4bc8b90d483aca32072f1fca08249f8e&#8212;><!--60fea245c79e19493711ab5d98d96d21--></p>
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		<title>Music Globalisation Through Tourism</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2008/04/18/music-globalisation-through-tourism/151/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Onion spoof on musical influences.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Parody site <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/index"><em>The Onion</em></a> posted this fake news item: <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/radio_news/vacationing_teen_introduces">Vacationing Teen Introduces Wilco To West Indies (MP3)</a>.<br />
Mentions of &#8220;musical anthropologists,&#8221; &#8220;cross-pollination,&#8221; and &#8220;polyrhythmic traditions.&#8221; Maybe someone at <em>The Onion</em> cares about globalisation through music?<<img src="--50157f69f993f71a71198eba0ee98830--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;f5d61e8d5272bb440212a6f1dfd07c82&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Musical Curiosity</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2008/02/27/musical-curiosity/150/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Thrift Sounds
A new blog version of a musical &#8220;cabinet of curiosities.&#8221; By L&#233;on Lo.
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A new blog version of a musical &#8220;cabinet of curiosities.&#8221; By L&#233;on Lo.<<img src="--f7f66ad2cebdf6a15522f9d4f414b81f--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;eac2d38388e78b31f8bdd168fafc8f7c&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Peter Gabriel and Ad-Supported Music</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/05/01/peter-gabriel-and-ad-supported-music/138/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 03:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Ok, Gabriel is not spearheading this, necessarily, but he&#8217;s a founder investor.
We7 is an ad supported music downloading system using the
MediaGraft Technology platform. They seem to have big plans and are asking for suggestions.
The concept is simple: tracks start with 10-second advertisement, automatically customised to the downloader&#8217;s profile. After a month, tracks are available without [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Ok, Gabriel is not spearheading this, necessarily, but he&#8217;s a <a href="http://www.we7.com/about/management.html">founder investor</a>.<br />
<a href="http://www.we7.com/">We7</a> is an ad supported music downloading system using the<br />
<a href="http://www.we7.com/howitworks/index.html">MediaGraft Technology platform</a>. They seem to have big plans and are asking for suggestions.<br />
The concept is simple: tracks start with 10-second advertisement, automatically customised to the downloader&#8217;s profile. After a month, tracks are available without ads.<br />
What makes this service different from others (like Ruckus and SpiralFrog, for instance) is that the tracks are available as plain <span class="caps">MP3</span> files, not <span class="caps">DRM</span>-heavy, proprietary files. This makes it easier to handle the files.</p>

	<p>At this point, the project hasn&#8217;t really been launched but the main ideas are there.</p>

	<p>Personally, I would say that the site is low on features. The tracks themselves are interesting but the &#8220;value proposition&#8221; of downloading tracks for free on such a relatively simple site may push people toward sites which focus on music communities. Which might be a good thing for independent music.<<img src="--63566d1e1aee14c0de3c9a5656acc533--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;75080996242ad97bb6fd653e29121fdd&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Taking Music Play One Step Further: Rock Band (Harmonix</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/04/05/taking-music-play-one-step-further-rock-band-harmonix/136/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 03:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Just announced, a new game from the creators of Guitar Hero.
Guitar heroes unite; &#8216;Rock Band&#8217; is coming &#124; Crave : The gadget blog
The emphasis on collaboration goes well with the whole participatory culture and musicking trend in today&#8217;s industrial societies.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Just announced, a new game from the creators of <em>Guitar Hero</em>.<br />
<a href="http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9703980-1.html?tag=nl.e777">Guitar heroes unite; &#8216;Rock Band&#8217; is coming | Crave : The gadget blog</a><br />
The emphasis on collaboration goes well with the whole participatory culture and musicking trend in today&#8217;s industrial societies.<!--89efd9dc5f106a183b3341ad0f74f685--></p>
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		<title>DRM-Freedom and Artist Recognition</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/03/09/drm-freedom-and-artist-recognition/132/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Amie Street signs major artists to sell DRM-free music
While the system has been in place for a while, the fact that some well-recognised musicians are now included in the Amie Street catalogue is major news. In a way, it rewards music exploration and demonstrates the concrete implications of popularity in the sale of musical recordings.
 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070307-amie-street-signs-major-artists-to-sell-drm-free-music.html">Amie Street signs major artists to sell <span class="caps">DRM</span>-free music</a><br />
While the system has been in place for a while, the fact that some well-recognised musicians are now included in the Amie Street catalogue is major news. In a way, it rewards music exploration and demonstrates the concrete implications of popularity in the sale of musical recordings.<<img src="--5c39129e241dce83512522fc8046a984--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;fb1a703622804670e1242de69bab66c8&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Solidarythmé 18 novembre 2006</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/11/13/solidarythme-18-novembre-2006/126/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	AQOCI [l&#8217;Association qu&#233;b&#233;coise des organismes de coop&#233;ration internationale]

	Solidarythm&#233; pour un changement durable pr&#233;sente  : Gadji Gadjo, Tomas Jensen, Opossum, Zi King Kow, cirque Kaolectif, peinture live, expo photo, danse et plus!





	QUOI : 6&#232;me &#233;dition de cette soir&#233;e pluridisciplinaire engag&#233;e

	QUI : Tomas Jensen, Gadji Gadjo, Opossum, Zi King Kow, cirque Kaolectif, peinture live, expo photo, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://aqoci.qc.ca/jqsi2006/JqsiIndex.html"><span class="caps">AQOCI </span>[l&#8217;Association qu&#233;b&#233;coise des organismes de coop&#233;ration internationale]</a></p>

	<p>Solidarythm&#233; pour un changement durable pr&#233;sente  : Gadji Gadjo, Tomas Jensen, Opossum, Zi King Kow, cirque Kaolectif, peinture live, expo photo, danse et plus!</p>





	<p><span class="caps">QUOI </span>: 6&#232;me &#233;dition de cette soir&#233;e pluridisciplinaire engag&#233;e</p>

	<p><span class="caps">QUI </span>: Tomas Jensen, Gadji Gadjo, Opossum, Zi King Kow, cirque Kaolectif, peinture live, expo photo, danse afro-colombienne et plus!</p>

	<p><span class="caps">QUAND </span>: samedi 18 novembre &#224; partir de 20h</p>

	<p>O&#217; : au Kola Note (5240 rue du Parc)</p>

	<p><span class="caps">COMBIEN </span>: En pr&#233;-vente &#8211; 12$ (avec pr&#233;sentation de carte d&#8217;&#233;tudiant) et 15$ pour le public en g&#233;n&#233;ral. A la porte &#8211; 15$ pour les &#233;tudiants et 18$ pour le public en g&#233;n&#233;ral. Les billets sont en vente sur le r&#233;seau admission.com, au Kola Note, &#224; l&#8217;AQOCI au 871-1086, a l&#8217;UdeM au B-2253 ou au 514-343-7896. Nous vous encourageons fortement &#224; acheter vos billets chez l&#8217;un des deux organismes pour &#233;viter les frais de service .</p>





	<p>L&#8217;Action Humanitaire et Communautaire de l&#8217;Universit&#233; de Montr&#233;al s&#8217;associe &#224; l&#8217;Association Qu&#233;b&#233;coise des Organismes de Coop&#233;ration Internationale pour c&#233;l&#233;brer le pouvoir qu&#8217;a la musique de faire bouger les gens. Solidarythm&#233; pour un changement durable vient ainsi clore deux &#233;v&#233;nements de solidarit&#233; majeurs au Qu&#233;bec : la Semaine de la Solidarit&#233; UdeM et les Journ&#233;es Qu&#233;b&#233;coises de la Solidarit&#233; Internationale. Les organisateurs de la Semaine d&#8217;Action Contre le Racisme se joignent &#224; l&#8217;initiative en appuyant l&#8217;organisation du spectacle. Ces trois &#233;v&#233;nements sont maintenant devenus des rendez-vous annuels incontournables o&#249; se m&#234;lent, l&#8217;espace d&#8217;une dizaine de jours, colloques, d&#233;bats, tables rondes, activit&#233;s jeunesse, expositions, cin&#233;ma et musique, entre autres. Autant de passerelles qui visent &#224; d&#233;mystifier les diff&#233;rentes formes que peuvent emprunter dans notre soci&#233;t&#233; les manifestations de solidarit&#233;.</p>




	<p>Merci de bien vouloir difuser ce message le plus possible <img src="!" alt="" border="0" />!</p>



	<p>Au plaisir de vous y retrouver!</p>



	<p>Carminda Mac Lorin</p>

	<p>Coordonnatrice du Solidarythm&#233;</p>

	<p>Universit&#233; de Montr&#233;al/AQOCI</p>

	<p>514-831-7090</p>

	<p>semainedelasolidarite@gmail.com<!--b77a3ddaf4a8667ffc7ea2b3d0cd4ed8--></p>
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		<title>Anniversaire Scena Musicale</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/10/16/anniversaire-scena-musicale/123/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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La Scena Musicale c&#233;l&#232;bre son 10e anniversaire avec un gala b&#233;n&#233;fice

	POUR DIFFUSION IMM&#201;DIATE

	Montr&#233;al, le 12 octobre 2006

	Le 21 octobre 2006, certains des plus importants musiciens de la sc&#232;ne montr&#233;alaise participeront &#224; un concert gala visant &#224; c&#233;l&#233;brer le 10e anniversaire de La Scena Musicale. Cet &#233;v&#233;nement unique s&#8217;annonce comme l&#8217;un des moments forts de [...]]]></description>
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La Scena Musicale c&#233;l&#232;bre son 10e anniversaire avec un gala b&#233;n&#233;fice</p>

	<p><span class="caps">POUR DIFFUSION IMM</span>&#201;DIATE</p>

	<p>Montr&#233;al, le 12 octobre 2006</p>

	<p>Le 21 octobre 2006, certains des plus importants musiciens de la sc&#232;ne montr&#233;alaise participeront &#224; un concert gala visant &#224; c&#233;l&#233;brer le 10e anniversaire de La Scena Musicale. Cet &#233;v&#233;nement unique s&#8217;annonce comme l&#8217;un des moments forts de la saison musicale de Montr&#233;al. En tout, 77 musiciens pr&#233;senteront 4 heures de musique allant du baroque au jazz, en passant par les r&#233;pertoires classique, romantique et contemporain, ainsi que l&#8217;op&#233;ra.</p>

	<p>La premi&#232;re moiti&#233; de la soir&#233;e sera r&#233;serv&#233;e &#224; la musique de chambre : le duo Les Voix humaines interpr&#233;tera la musique de Sainte-Colombe ; le violoncelliste Denis Brott se joindra au pianiste Wonny Song dans un programme Beethoven ; le pianiste Patrice Lar&#233; jouera Liszt ; Paul Merkelo, trompette solo de l&#8217;OSM, improvisera en compagnie du pianiste Alexandre Vovan, qui interpr&#233;tera &#233;galement Chopin ; la soprano Nathalie Paulin chantera des m&#233;lodies fran&#231;aises de C&#233;cile Chaminade et Pauline Viardot accompagn&#233;e du pianiste Michael McMahon ; le Quatuor Molinari interpr&#233;tera Tan Dun, et Musica Camerata pr&#233;sentera un duo de Piazzolla. Cette premi&#232;re partie se conclura avec un programme jazz de trente minutes durant lequel la pianiste Lorraine Desmarais et son ancienne &#233;l&#232;ve Marianne Trudel joueront en solo et en duo.</p>


	<p>Afin de souligner le 250e anniversaire de Mozart, la musique de ce dernier sera &#224; l&#8217;honneur durant la seconde partie de la soir&#233;e, d&#233;di&#233;e &#224; des &#339;uvres pour soliste et orchestre. Le chef Joseph Milo dirigera l&#8217;Orchestre symphonique des musiciens du monde de Montr&#233;al, un ensemble fond&#233; en 2006 afin de donner aux musiciens immigrants l&#8217;opportunit&#233; de jouer, dans la Symphonie no 41 et l&#8217;ouverture du Mariage de Figaro de Mozart. Le pianiste Ludwig S&#233;merjian jouera le Rondo pour piano et orchestre en la majeur de Mozart, &#224; la m&#233;moire de son professeur Charles Reiner, alors que la soprano Nathalie Paulin interpr&#233;tera l&#8217;air &#171; Dove sono &#187; du Mariage de Figaro. La violoniste Anne Robert se joindra &#224; l&#8217;OMMM dans des pages c&#233;l&#232;bres de Tcha&#239;kovski, Raff, Kreisler et Brahms, la violoncelliste Velitchka Votcheva interpr&#233;tera Kol Nidrei de Bruch, et la soir&#233;e se conclura avec le finale du Concerto pour piano no 3 de Beethoven interpr&#233;t&#233; par Wonny Song.</p>


	<p>Le Gala 10e anniversaire du 21 octobre s&#8217;inscrit dans les c&#233;l&#233;brations du 10e anniversaire de La Scena Musicale et marque le d&#233;but de sa campagne de financement 2006-2007. Le num&#233;ro comm&#233;moratif du 10 e anniversaire de La Scena Musicale, paru en octobre 2006, peut-&#234;tre t&#233;l&#233;charg&#233; au http://www.scena.org .</p>


	<p>Les billets pour le Gala sont en vente au co&#251;t de 35 $ (25 $ pour les &#233;tudiants). Des billets <span class="caps">VIP</span> sont &#233;galement disponibles &#224; 130 $, incluant un re&#231;u fiscal de 100 $, tirages de prix, buffet et r&#233;ception. On peut se procurer des billets en communiquant directement avec La Scena Musicale au 514-948-2520, la billetterie McGill au 514-398-5145 ou sur le r&#233;seau Admission (les billets <span class="caps">VIP</span> sont disponibles uniquement en communiquant avec <span class="caps">LSM</span>).</p>


	<p>Pour les biographies des musiciens et davantage d&#8217;information : http://www.scena.org/pdf-files/sm12-2gala.pdf</p>


	<p>Propositions de sujets</p>



	<p>Gala 10e anniversaire. Pourquoi les musiciens ont accept&#233; de jouer gratuitement pour aider La Scena Musicale &#224; amasser des fonds?</p>

	<p>La Scena Musicale. Le magazine sans but lucratif fait la promotion de la musique classique et du jazz depuis 10 ans.</p>

	<p>Entrevue avec Wah Keung Chan, r&#233;dacteur fondateur et &#233;diteur. Quelle est la motivation derri&#232;re le magazine?</p>


	<p>&#192; propos du gala</p>



	<p>Dimanche le 21 octobre 2006</p>

	<p>Salle Pollack, Universit&#233; McGill, 555 Sherbrooke O., Montr&#233;al</p>

	<p>Partie A : 17 h 00 &#224; 19 h 00</p>

	<p>Partie B : 20 h 00 &#224; 22 h 15</p>


	<p>Billets : 35 $ (25 $ pour les &#233;tudiants)</p>

	<p>Billets <span class="caps">VIP </span>: 130 $, incluant une r&#233;ception de 19 h &#224; 20 h, un buffet de desserts apr&#232;s le gala B et un re&#231;u fiscal de 100 $.</p>

	<p>Info : 514-948-2520 ou info@scena.org</p>

	<p>Pour commander des billets: info@scena.org</p>


	<p>Musiciens invit&#233;s</p>
	<ul>
		<li>Orchestre symponique des musiciens du monde de Montr&#233;al, Joseph Milo, chef</li>
		<li>Anne Robert, violon</li>
		<li>Suzie LeBlanc, soprano</li>
		<li>Nathalie Paulin, soprano</li>
		<li>Quatuor Molinari</li>
		<li>Lorraine Desmarais, piano (jazz)</li>
		<li>Marianne Trudel, piano (jazz)</li>
		<li>Ludwig S&#233;merjian, piano</li>
		<li>Wonny Song, piano</li>
		<li>Denis Brott, violoncelle</li>
		<li>Les Voix humaines, duo baroque</li>
		<li>Paul Merkelo, trompette et Alexandre Vovan, piano</li>
		<li>Michael McMahon, accompagnateur (piano)</li>
	</ul>

	<p>Pour les biographies des musiciens et davantage d&#8217;information : http://www.scena.org/pdf-files/sm12-2gala.pdf</p>


	<p>Tirages pour les titulaires de billets <span class="caps">VIP</span></p>
	<ul>
		<li>&#338;uvre originale encadr&#233;e (valeur de 600 $) de l&#8217;artiste Ann McCall</li>
	</ul>

	<ul>
		<li>&#338;uvre originale encadr&#233;e (valeur de 550 $) de l&#8217;artiste Wah Wing Chan</li>
	</ul>

	<ul>
		<li>3 consultations en design d&#8217;int&#233;rieur (valeur de 180 $), gracieuset&#233; de L&#8217;interior Studio</li>
	</ul>

	<ul>
		<li>2 romans d&#8217;Alain Cavenne sign&#233;s par l&#8217;auteur</li>
	</ul>


	<p>Programme d&#233;taill&#233;</p>



	<p>Partie A, 17 h</p>

	<p>Sieur de Sainte-Colombe, Concerts &#224; deux violes esgales, &#171; L&#8217;attentif &#187;, &#171; Les Couplets &#187;<br />
Les Voix humaines (Susie Napper et Margaret Little, violes de gambe)</p>

	<p>Ludwig van Beethoven, Sept Variations sur un th&#232;me de Die Zauberfl&#246;te de Mozart<br />
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonate no 3 en la majeur, opus 69 (Adagio cantabile et Allegro vivace)<br />
Denis Brott, violoncelle et Wonny Song, piano</p>

	<p>Franz Liszt, Valse M&#233;phisto no 1<br />
Patrice Lar&#233;, piano</p>

	<p>Jacques Ibert, Impromptu<br />
Improvisation sur Nana de Manuel de Falla<br />
Paul Merkelo, trompette et Alexandre Vovan, piano</p>

	<p>Fr&#233;d&#233;ric Chopin, Quatri&#232;me Ballade<br />
Alexandre Vovan, piano</p>

	<p>C&#233;cile Chaminade, Si j&#8217;&#233;tais jardinier<br />
C&#233;cile Chaminade, La lune paresseuse<br />
Pauline Viardot, Hai luli<br />
Nathalie Paulin, soprano et Michael McMahon, piano</p>

	<p>Tan Dun, Eight Colours for String Quartet<br />
Quatuor Molinari</p>

	<p>Astor Piazzolla, Prep&#225;rense &#38; Oblivion<br />
Musica Camerata, Luis Grinhauz, violon et Berta Rosenohl, piano</p>

	<p>Lorraine Desmarais, piano jazz<br />
Marianne Trudel, piano jazz<br />
Lorraine Desmarais et Marianne Trudel en duo</p>



	<p>Partie B, 20 h</p>


	<p>Mozart, Ouverture, Mariage de Figaro<br />
Tchaikovsky, Melody<br />
Raff, Cavatina<br />
Anne Robert, violin</p>


	<p>Mozart, Rondo pour piano et orchestre en la majeur<br />
Ludwig S&#233;merjian, piano</p>

	<p>Mozart, Symphonie no 41 (Jupiter)</p>

                       Entracte

	<p>Rossini, Overture, Barbier de S&#233;ville</p>

	<p>Massenet, m&#233;ditation de Thais (Tatiana Smirnov, violon solo de l&#8217;orchestre)</p>

	<p>Bruch, Kol Nidrei<br />
Velitchka Votcheva, violoncelle</p>

	<p>Mozart, &#171; Dove Sono &#187; (Mariage de Figaro)<br />
Nathalie Paulin, soprano</p>

	<p>Kreisler, Liebeslied<br />
Brahms, Danse hongroise no 2 (arr. Gilles Bellemare)<br />
Anne Robert, violon</p>

	<p>Beethoven, Concerto pour piano no 3, 3e mouvement<br />
Wonny Song, piano</p>

	<p>Orchestre symphonique des musiciens du monde de Montr&#233;al<br />
Joseph Milo, chef</p>

	<ul>
		<li>programme sujet &#224; changement</li>
	</ul>


	<p>pour plus d&#8217;information, contacter info@scena.org, 514-948-2520, 514-815-0465</p>

	<p>&#192; propos de La Scena Musicale , guide canadien de la musique classique</p>

	<p>La Scena Musicale est un magazine mensuel gratuit publi&#233; en fran&#231;ais et en anglais par La Sc&#232;ne Musicale, un organisme sans but lucratif vou&#233; &#224; la promotion de la musique classique. Chaque num&#233;ro contient un calendrier des concerts du mois, des critiques, des entrevues, des profils d&#8217;artistes et des articles traitant de diff&#233;rents aspects de la sc&#232;ne musicale locale, nationale et internationale.</p>

	<p>La version imprim&#233;e est distribu&#233;e &#224; travers le Canada, avec une emphase particuli&#232;re dans les r&#233;gions de Montr&#233;al, Qu&#233;bec et Ottawa-Hull. La version &#233;lectronique est disponible sur l&#8217;Internet.</p>

	<p>&#192; propos de La Scena Musicale Online (http://www.scena.org)</p>

	<p>Publi&#233; par La Sc&#232;ne Musicale, un organisme sans but lucratif vou&#233; &#224; la promotion de la musique classique, La Scena Musicale Online est un des plus importants sites Internet d&#233;di&#233;s &#224; la musique classique. Il propose du contenu original (entrevues, articles, critiques), le Calendrier canadien de la musique classique, ClassicalMusicNews.info (des liens vers des articles parus dans des publications canadiennes et internationales) et Communiqu&#233;s <span class="caps">LSM </span>(communiqu&#233;s relatifs &#224; la musique classique, de partout au monde). La Scena Musicale Online a &#233;t&#233; un des premiers sites Web a offrir en ligne l&#8217;int&#233;gralit&#233; du contenu de son magazine imprim&#233;, et ce en formats html et <span class="caps">PDF</span>.</p>

	<p>Dans son num&#233;ro de f&#233;vrier 2000, la revue Chamber Music Magazine a choisi La Scena Musicale Online comme troisi&#232;me meilleur site Web sur la musique au monde. Dans son &#233;dition sp&#233;ciale sur Internet de mai 2000, Le Monde a choisi La Scena Musicale Online comme deuxi&#232;me meilleur site Web sur la musique classique, lui attribuant 4 &#233;toiles sur 4, un honneur r&#233;serv&#233; &#224; seulement deux sites. Le magazine fran&#231;ais Best on Web (no 8, juillet 2001) a s&#233;lectionn&#233; La Scena Musicale Online comme l&#8217;un des 500 meilleurs sites Web au monde. En d&#233;cembre 2001, La Scena Musicale Online a &#233;t&#233; choisi par le London Daily Telegraph comme l&#8217;un des meilleurs sites sur la musique.</p>

	<p>On peut acc&#233;der &#224; La Scena Musicale Online par les noms de domaine scena.org, lascenamusicale.org et ClassicalMusicNews.info.</p>

	<p>&#192; propos de La Sc&#232;ne Musicale</p>

	<p>La Sc&#232;ne Musicale est un organisme sans but lucratif vou&#233; &#224; la promotion de la musique classique. Nos activit&#233;s comprennent:</p>

    * Le magazine La Scena Musicale
    *   Le magazine The Music Scene
    * La Scena Musicale Online
    * Le Concours d&#8217;articles d&#8217;&#233;tudiants sur la musique classique
    * Le programme Sortez votre ado <img src="<" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;09e6d0098c4d8565c38517ea330afccb&#8212;>
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		<title>Arabic World Festival du Monde Arabe (Montréal, 26/10/06-12/11/06)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Festival du Monde Arabe de Montr&#233;al

	FESTIVAL DU MONDE ARABE DE MONTREAL
26 OCTOBRE AU 12 NOVEMBRE 2006

	C&#185;est en partenariat avec Radio Canada, TV5, CH, Radio Couleurs Jazz, le
Devoir, Loto Qu&#233;bec, Hydro Qu&#233;bec, et divers instances tant municipales que
gouvernementales que le Festival du Monde Arabe de Montr&#233;al offrira sa
septi&#232;me &#233;dition, plac&#233;e sous le th&#232;me

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.festivalarabe.com/fma/catalog.jsp">Festival du Monde Arabe de Montr&#233;al</a></p>

	<p><span class="caps">FESTIVAL DU MONDE ARABE DE MONTREAL</span><br />
26 <span class="caps">OCTOBRE AU 12 NOVEMBRE 2006</span></p>

	<p>C&#185;est en partenariat avec Radio Canada, <span class="caps">TV5</span>, CH, Radio Couleurs Jazz, le<br />
Devoir, Loto Qu&#233;bec, Hydro Qu&#233;bec, et divers instances tant municipales que<br />
gouvernementales que le Festival du Monde Arabe de Montr&#233;al offrira sa<br />
septi&#232;me &#233;dition, plac&#233;e sous le th&#232;me</p>

            <span class="caps">PROPH</span>&#200;TES <span class="caps">REBELLES</span>

	<p>parce que la proph&#233;tie est le lieu m&#234;me de notre humanit&#233;.<br />
Le verbe des proph&#232;tes du  <span class="caps">FMA</span> sera musique, danse, th&#233;&#226;tre, po&#233;sie et<br />
r&#233;flexion. Les Proph&#232;tes rebelles sont ces cr&#233;ateurs qui r&#233;sistent &#224;<br />
l&#185;effondrement de l&#185;humain, qui tentent d&#185;ajouter de la chaleur et de la vie<br />
&#224; ce monde d&#233;compos&#233; et d&#233;senchant&#233;. Ils sont ceux et celles qui osent<br />
encore inventer un &#171; nous &#187; pour que la rencontre soit possible.</p>

	<p>Tenant compte de l&#185;importance de l&#185;apport du Festival du Monde Arabe de<br />
Montr&#233;al dans le cadre de cette rentr&#233;e automnale, dont vous pourrez trouver<br />
toute la programmation au</p>

	<p>www.festivalarabe.com<br />
<http ://www.festivalarabe.com/><!--df64ca974b7c3e2fbad67c176ee1b792--></p>
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		<title>Music and Coffee: &#8220;Fair-Trade&#8221; and The Global Order (Draft)</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/10/13/music-and-coffee-fair-trade-and-the-global-order-draft/120/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Critical World</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Seems like Calabash Music&#8217;s &#34;Fair-Trade Music&#34; concept has been on my mind lately. A bit of context&#8230;I had mentioned Calabash Music here before. It&#8217;s an online music store which specialises in what people tend to call &#34;World Music.&#34; I have been downloading their free singles for quite a while but haven&#8217;t yet purchased music from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><p>Seems like Calabash Music&#8217;s <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/free-singles-from-calabashmusiccom/21/">&quot;Fair-Trade Music&quot; concept</a> has been on my mind lately. A bit of context&#8230;</p><p>I had mentioned Calabash Music here <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/free-singles-from-calabashmusiccom/21/">before</a>. It&#8217;s an online music store which specialises in what people tend to call &quot;World Music.&quot; I have been downloading their free singles for quite a while but haven&#8217;t yet purchased music from the service. I do hope that <a href="http://enkerli.wordpress.com/2006/04/24/madou-diarra-et-dakan/">Madou Diarra and Dakan</a> (the band in which I play) will sell its music through Calabash Music.</p><p>Yesterday, after having listened to a podcast about online music stores which sell tracks without copy protection, I posted an <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/10/12/music-no-strings-attached/119/">entry right here</a> and another <a href="http://enkerli.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/free-content-on-itunes-and-elsewhere/">on my personal blog</a>. Though I didn&#8217;t mention Calabash Music specifically, it was clearly at the back of my mind when I wrote one of my crazier posts about <a href="http://enkerli.wordpress.com/2006/02/16/glocal-craftiness-coffee-beer-music/">music, coffee, beer, and glocalisation</a>.</p><p>Thinking about it a bit more, and thanks to fellow Critical World member Pascal, I now feel that this concept of &quot;fair-trade music&quot; is especially relevant for Critical World, whose mission is to Think Globalisation Through Music.</p><p>Through a cursory look at Calabash Music&#8217;s <a href="http://news.calabashmusic.com/world/musicians">Q&#038;A for musicians</a> and <a href="http://news.calabashmusic.com/world/artist_terms">Artist Terms of Agreement</a>, it does seem like they care about artists. <span class="caps">IANAL</span> but it does sound like their conditions are rather &quot;good for artists.&quot; This part is rather telling:</p><br />
<blockquote></p>
    <h1><strong>Q. How does the money work?</strong></h1>
    <p class="title"><strong>A.</strong> Our customers may purchase downloads of your music at a price range between 75 and 99 cents per song. Your music is sold by the downloadable track. You will receive 50% of the net revenues from your music downloads sold. Net revenues are determined as the gross revenues less merchant fees. Artists can expect to earn an average of 44 cents per track sold. We pay you four times a year (every quarter) for your downloads. (If the amount we owe you is less than $50 then we will hold the amount until the amount is greater than $50.) We give you an account with a user name and password that allows you to look at reports of how many downloads your songs have received and how much money you have earned.</p><br />
</blockquote><p>Apart from the actual royalty structure, the very fact that Calabash Music prominently displays this explanation on their website implies a direct relationship with artists. You get the impression that you don&#8217;t even need an agent to sell music through Calabash Music. Of course, agents are still extremely important for artists but in this &quot;fair-trade&quot; model, they don&#8217;t hold all the cards. Because coffee is the best-known case for fair-trade, the notion of a &quot;direct relationship coffee&quot; is quite appropriate here:</p><br />
<blockquote>
    <div class="hed"><a href="http://www.reason.com/0603/fe.kh.absolution.shtml">Absolution in Your Cup. The real meaning of Fair Trade coffee</a></div><br />
</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>
    <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Farmers were being squeezed by middlemen, known as coyotes, so that even the dismal profits from cheap mass-produced coffee failed to reach them. Growers lacked basic information about what their crop was worth, how to maximize production, and how to market their beans, and it was to the coyotes&#8217; advantage to keep it that way. Fair Traders, by contrast, sought a direct relationship between coffee farmers and coffee drinkers: clean, just, transparent transactions.</span></p><br />
</blockquote><p>In &quot;fair-trade music,&quot; the agent is less of a middleman and more of a consultant, helping artists to negotiate deals in their own terms. Calabash Music serves as middleman to a certain extent but mostly as a distributor, not as a gatekeeper. The notion is that this model is more ethical than &quot;free-trade&quot; because it gives control to those who produce what is being sold. It&#8217;s especially compelling an idea in a global context. Musicians from around the Globe are able to sell their own music to listeners from around the Globe. Control is distributed, to a certain extent.</p><p>One of the most <a href="http://www.coffeeresearch.org/politics/fairtrade.htm">basic characteristics</a> of fair-trade coffee is that there is a floor price ($1.26/lbs.) for green coffee beans. Calabash Music&#8217;s royalty scheme uses a similar principle in that musicians are getting a &quot;fair share&quot; of the profits, allegedly much higher than the <a href="http://www.musicbizacademy.com/articles/dl_newmedia.htm">net artist royalty</a> on other online music stores. It undercuts the law of supply and demand to ensure that those who did the work get a &quot;fair share.&quot; Of course, this &quot;fair share&quot; is decided by the &quot;fair trade system&quot; itself. In anti-globalization/alter-mondialisme terms, those in &quot;developing countries&quot; still get their business decisions made by those in &quot;industrial countries.&quot; But to the consumer, buying &quot;fair-trade&quot; seems like &quot;the ethical thing to do&quot;: <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; letter-spacing: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.reason.com/0603/fe.kh.absolution.shtml">selling a clear conscience at a premium</a>.</span></p><p>Of course, not all is good with &quot;fair-trade.&quot;</p><br />
<blockquote>
    <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">You&#8217;d think this confluence of social responsibility and double lattes, good business practices and lefty politics, would make [coffee activist] Katzeff a happy man. But he and a growing number of roasters say the Fair Trade movement has lost its way. The movement has always aroused suspicion on the right, where free traders object to its price floors and anti-globalization rhetoric. Yet critics from the left are more vocal and more angry by half; they point to unhappy farmers, duped consumers, an entrenched Fair Trade bureaucracy, and a grassroots campaign gone corporate.</span></p><br />
</blockquote><p>Calabash Music is too small to get the same treatment as TransFair (the regulatory body for fair-trade coffee in the U.S.). But it doesn&#8217;t mean that the disadvantages of the fair-trade model won&#8217;t hit the music industry.</p><p>There are major differences between &quot;fair-trade coffee&quot; and a fair-trade model applied to music. One is that, contrary to coffee, <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/05/08/music-not-a-commodity/93/">music is not a commodity</a>. In the online distribution of audio files, supply is unlimited in that you don&#8217;t suddenly run out of a specific <span class="caps">MP3</span> file. Online distribution is still costly, but the costs scale much differently from the distribution of physical goods. </p><p>A related issue is that &quot;music consumption&quot; is affordable, almost anywhere on the planet. While coffee growers may be too poor to afford brewed coffee, the poorest musician in Mali can listen to music. There is a huge imbalance between The Rich and The Poor, between The Core and The Periphery, but this imbalance cannot be described in a similar way.</p><p>The injustice in music has a lot to do with issues in what so-called &quot;Intellectual Property.&quot; An important dimension of an &quot;ethical&quot; music model would be that it doesn&#8217;t prevent music listeners from privately using music as they wish. Ethical music would also ensure that musicians are the ones who get the better part of the profits instead of large-scale pirates, producers, or retailers. The whole &quot;protect the artists&quot; stance, applied to the actual artists (not the record labels). A <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/08/31/new-models-for-music-as-business/103/">new business model</a> which actually compensates musicians for their work. That, most might agree, would be fair.</p><p>Though some music productions may sound indistinguishable from one another, music is quite distinctive. While some coffee consumers may not care about the coffee they drink, music listeners select music according to their tastes. With this distinctiveness comes a sense of &quot;brand,&quot; to think in marketing terms, but also a sense of shared experience. Fans of a given Indie Rock band may feel a bond which can extend far beyond the &quot;consumption&quot; of the music. In coffee, even the most enthusiastic connoisseur will never remain loyal to a single type of coffee bean or even a single coffee &quot;origin.&quot; In globalised music, a Polish accountant can become fanatic about an Argentinian band the same way a Thai mechanic can listen to Canadian singer C&#233;line Dion.</p><p>So it is possible that Calabash Music may benefit from the &quot;fair-trade mentality&quot; without being hit from the disadvantages. Simply thinking about the connections between globalised markets may give us the key.</p><<img src="--9d286cc3a739e9ac2c3c04c71ddeb96c--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;c3843459ad92dcce2b4af0c0f06ca483&#8212;>
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		<title>Music, No Strings Attached</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/10/12/music-no-strings-attached/119/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	From the Real Deal podcast, a few links for music files without copy-protection.
A couple of others. &#8211; CNET The Real Deal Forums

	Audio Lunchbox


	
	eMusic


	
	DMusic


	
	purevolume


	
	Magnatune


	(Electromancer is now defunct and CommonTunes seems to have changed its vocation)

	My favourite so far has been Calabash Music, which has an excellent selection of music from around the world and gives away [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>From the Real Deal podcast, a few links for music files without copy-protection.<br />
<a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-7813-0.html?forumID=76&#38;threadID=184007&#38;messageID=2013697">A couple of others. &#8211; <span class="caps">CNET </span>The Real Deal Forums</a><br />
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	<p><a href="http://www.audiolunchbox.com/">Audio Lunchbox</a><br />
</ul></p>

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	<p><a href="http://www.emusic.com/">eMusic</a><br />
</ul></p>

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	<p><a href="http://www.dmusic.com/">DMusic</a><br />
</ul></p>

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	<p><a href="http://www.purevolume.com/">purevolume</a><br />
</ul></p>

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	<p><a href="http://magnatune.com/">Magnatune</a><br />
</ul></p>

	<p>(<a href="http://www.electromancer.com/">Electromancer</a> is now defunct and <a href="http://www.commontunes.org/">CommonTunes</a> seems to have changed its vocation)</p>

	<p>My favourite so far has been <a href="http://calabashmusic.com/">Calabash Music</a>, which has an excellent selection of music from around the world and gives away <a href="http://freesong.calabashmusic.com/">free tracks</a> every week.<<img src="--febfce45b96138817b7f9dedebeef0d3--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;e7228deea7aa72ac1580066b0acda278&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Barenaked Ladies: Preaching By Example</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/06/12/barenaked-ladies-preaching-by-example/98/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	As explained earlier, Steven Page and the rest of Canadian band Barenaked Ladies are part of the Canadian Music Creators Coalition which takes a stance in favour of musicians and against the Canadian Recording Industry Association. That band now distributes, free of charge or royalties, MP3 versions of the four mix tracks to their newest [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>As explained <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/05/08/music-not-a-commodity/93/">earlier</a>, Steven Page and the rest of Canadian band <em>Barenaked Ladies</em> are part of the <a href="http://www.musiccreators.ca/">Canadian Music Creators Coalition</a> which takes a stance in favour of musicians and against the Canadian Recording Industry Association. That band now distributes, <a href="http://www.bnlblog.com/entry.asp?dDate=6/6/2006">free of charge or royalties</a>, <span class="caps">MP3</span> versions of the four mix tracks to their newest single on their <a href="http://myspace.com/barenakedladies">MySpace page</a>.<br />
(From <a href="http://www.boosman.com/blog/2006/06/bnl_makes_remixing_easy.html">Frank Boosman</a> through Cory Doctorow on <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/11/new_barenaked_ladies.html">BoingBoing</a>)<!--5c467c79c6bd880ef63977738a884ccf--></p>
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		<title>NETTIME_NORTH_AMERICA / NETTIME_AMERIQUE_DU_NORD 2006 30 MAI MONTREAL &#8230; !!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/05/28/nettime_north_america-nettime_amerique_du_nord-2006-30-mai-montreal/95/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 20:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	NETTIME_NORTH_AMERICA / NETTIME_AMERIQUE_DU_NORD 2006 30 MAI MONTREAL &#8230; 

	[ svp distribuer / please circulate widely ]


	=================

	MUTEK &#38; UPGRADE MONTREAL PR&#201;SENTENT:

	+++++++++++++++++++++

	NETTIME_NORTH_AMERICA_GATHERING
   NETTIME_AMERIQUE_DU_NORD

	CRITICAL PRACTICE RESUSCITATION (CPR)

    contenu libre / tactical media / open source
    hacktivism / medias hackers / no borders / sans fronti&#232;res
    VJs / [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca/cpr/info.htm"><span class="caps">NETTIME</span>_NORTH_AMERICA / <span class="caps">NETTIME</span>_AMERIQUE_DU_NORD 2006 30 <span class="caps">MAI MONTREAL </span>&#8230; <img src="!" alt="" border="0" /><img src="!" alt="" border="0" /></a></p>

	<p>[ svp distribuer / please circulate widely ]</p>


	<p>=================</p>

	<p><span class="caps">MUTEK</span> &#38; <span class="caps">UPGRADE MONTREAL PR</span>&#201;SENTENT:</p>

	<p>+++++++++++++++++++++</p>

	<p><span class="caps">NETTIME</span>_NORTH_AMERICA_GATHERING</p>
   <span class="caps">NETTIME</span>_AMERIQUE_DU_NORD

	<p><span class="caps">CRITICAL PRACTICE RESUSCITATION </span>(CPR)</p>

    contenu libre / tactical media / open source
    hacktivism / medias hackers / no borders / sans fronti&#232;res
    VJs / DJs / net.art / net-performance
    grassroots strategies / pens&#233;e rhizomatique
    techno-nomadisme / <span class="caps">NETTIME</span>.ORG!

	<p>++++++++++++++++++</p>

    mardi
    30 <span class="caps">MAI 2006</span>
        tuesday

	<p>=================</p>


	<p>@ <span class="caps">SAT</span>, 1195 St. Laurent<br />
10h00 &#8211; 24h00</p>

	<p><strong><span class="caps">GRATUIT</span></strong> / <strong><span class="caps">FREE</span></strong></p>

	<p><span class="caps">MONTREAL</span>, CANADA</p>


	<p>================</p>


	<p>[TOUTES <span class="caps">LES INFOS </span>/ ALL <span class="caps">INFORMATION</span></p>
    <span class="caps">HORAIRE </span>/ SCHEDULE
    <span class="caps">ETC</span>.
            [[[[[     http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca  <&#8212;- ]

	<p>avec (international) participants:</p>

    Ted Byfield / David Garcia / Stephen Kovats
    Ken Werbin / Abe Burmeister / <span class="caps">NAW</span> &#38; <span class="caps">VJ </span>Nokami
    John Sobol / Johnny Ranger / Fishead / Lucille Calmel
    JoCool / M.I.L.F. / Nina Czegledy / beewoo
    Kirsty Robertson / Gita Hashemi / Kevin Yuen Kit Lo
    Michael Lenczner / Aaron Lakoff / Omar Bickell
    Jaggi Singh / Helen Hudson / Miriam Verburg
    Koumbit.org / Ile Sans Fil / <span class="caps">CKUT </span>/ Studio XX
    <span class="caps">ACT</span>-MTL / No One is Illegal-MTL / <span class="caps">SAB</span>-SSF
    <span class="caps">V2 </span>/ Next Five Minutes ..


	<ul>
		<li>un jour de d&#233;bats publics, pr&#233;sentations et performances *</li>
	</ul>

	<ul>
		<li>a day of public discussion, presentation &#38; performance *</li>
	</ul>


	<p>partenaires / partners:</p>
                Mutek.ca / Turbulence.org / Rhizome.org / <span class="caps">SAT</span>
                <span class="caps">CKUT 90</span>.3 <span class="caps">FM </span>/ esse / Parachute / V2
                Upgrade International / Nettime.org

	<p>++++++++++++++++++++</p>

	<p>[english below]</p>


	<p>Le mardi, 30 mai 2006, Upgrade Montr&#233;al sera l&#8217;h&#244;te de la premi&#232;re<br />
rencontre nord-am&#233;ricaine de la liste de diffusion internationale<br />
<nettime>.</p>

	<p>La Rencontre inaugura aussi l&#8217;&#233;dition 2006 du festival des arts<br />
num&#233;riques de Mutek.</p>

	<p>Nettime.org est depuis longtemps le point focal du indymedia mondial,<br />
du net-art, des m&#233;dias tactiques et des arts technologiques. Depuis<br />
1994, sa liste de diffusion, ses discussions enligne et hors ligne, ses<br />
publications et ses rencontres ont galvanis&#233; une quantit&#233; de r&#233;seaux<br />
transnationaux de m&#234;me que leurs praticiens, d&#233;veloppant ainsi une<br />
expression de cette culture sous le nom de &#8220;net.criticism.&#8221; En 2006,<br />
Nettime c&#233;l&#232;bre son 11e anniversaire, fort d&#8217;une d&#233;cennie de<br />
publications, d&#8217;interventions et de d&#233;bats. _Cela &#233;tant dit, quel est<br />
le r&#244;le continu et l&#8217;impact de Nettime de nos jours_?</p>

	<p>&#201;tant un noeud d&#8217;Upgrade International, un r&#233;seau grassroots d&#8217;art<br />
technologique en expansion, la Rencontre posera une s&#233;rie de questions<br />
&#224; l&#8217;&#233;gard du futur de Nettime: quels en sont les nouveaux participants,<br />
et quelles sont les nouvelles directions prises par les m&#233;dias<br />
tactiques?</p>

	<p>Membres du public, artistes, th&#233;oriciens, auteurs, codeurs, et curieux<br />
de tous genres sont les bienvenu(e)s &#224; cette s&#233;rie de pr&#233;sentations et<br />
de panels qui seront suivis d&#8217;une soir&#233;e de musique et de performance<br />
d&#233;di&#233;es &#224; Nettime, ses membres, ses oeuvres, ses pass&#233;s et ses futurs.<br />
Des membres internationaux de Nettime seront de la partie, ainsi que<br />
des mod&#233;rateurs de liste. Nettime est une liste ouverte et cet<br />
&#233;v&#233;nement est ouvert au public!</p>

	<p>Horaire / infos:<br />
http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca/cpr</p>

	<p>*traduction simultan&#233;e chuchot&#233;e vers le fran&#231;ais disponible sur place.</p>



	<p> [english]</p>

	<p>On Tuesday, May 30th 2006 the Upgrade Montreal will bring together the<br />
first North American gathering of the global mailing list, <nettime>.</p>

	<p>The Gathering will also launch the 2006 edition of the Mutek festival<br />
of digital culture.</p>

	<p>Nettime.org has long been the focal point of global indymedia, net-art,<br />
tactical media and the technology arts. Since 1994 its mailing lists,<br />
online and offline discussions, publications and gatherings have<br />
galvanized a flurry of global networks and their practitioners,<br />
developing an _expression of Net culture known as &#8220;net.criticism.&#8221;  In<br />
2006, Nettime celebrates its 11th birthday against the backdrop of over<br />
a decade of publications, interventions and debates. _But what is the<br />
continuing role and impact of Nettime today_?</p>

	<p>As a node in the expanding, grassroots technology arts network Upgrade<br />
International, this Gathering poses a series of questions to the future<br />
of Nettime: _who are the new practitioners &#38; what are the new<br />
directions in tactical media_?</p>

	<p>Members of the public, artists, theorists, writers, codemonkeys and the<br />
curious are welcome to attend a series of talks and panels followed by<br />
an evening of music and performance devoted to Nettime, its members, it<br />
works, its pasts and its futures. International members of Nettime will<br />
be in attendance including list moderators. Nettime is an open list and<br />
this event is open to all of the public!</p>

	<p>Schedule / info:<br />
http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca/cpr</p>


	<p>===</p>

	<p>[upgrade]</p>

	<p>L&#8217;Upgrade est une organisation autonome, internationale et rhizomatique<br />
de rendez-vous mensuels pour la culture num&#233;rique et les arts<br />
technologiques. Upgrade Montr&#233;al b&#233;n&#233;ficie du soutien g&#233;n&#233;reux de la<br />
Soci&#233;t&#233; des arts technologiques [SAT], ainsi que de ses r&#233;seaux formant<br />
Upgrade International, des divers partenaires avec lesquels il<br />
collabore, des artistes faisant don de leur temps, et de l&#8217;&#233;nergie<br />
b&#233;n&#233;vole de son triumvirate organisateur.</p>

    http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca | http://www.theupgrade.net

	<p>The Upgrade is an autonomous, international and grassroots organisation<br />
of monthly gatherings for digital culture and the technology arts.<br />
Upgrade Montreal is generously supported by The Society for Arts and<br />
Technology (SAT), through the networks of the Upgrade International,<br />
the various partners we work with, the artists who donate their time<br />
and the personal energies of its organiser triumvirate.</p>

	<p>&#8212;&#8212;bisous from the triumvirate:</p>

    tobias c. van Veen
    Sophie Le-Phat Ho
    Anik Fournier








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		<title>World of the Mbira</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/04/14/world-of-the-mbira/89/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Among the trendiest &#8220;World Music&#8221; bands right now is Konono no 1. Their sound is intimately linked to the likemb&#233; lamellaphone (sanza, mbira...).
The Dailsonic podcast recently ran a three-part series on that instrument:
(Part 1), (Part ), (Part 3). The podcast episodes include examples of mbira-playing in strikingly different musical contexts, including Jazz. Though he wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Among the trendiest &#8220;World Music&#8221; bands right now is <a href="http://www.crammed.be/konono/">Konono no 1</a>. Their sound is intimately linked to the <em>likemb&#233;</em> lamellaphone (<em>sanza</em>, <em>mbira</em>...).<br />
The Dailsonic podcast recently ran a three-part series on that instrument:<br />
<a href="http://www.dailysonic.com/segment1331">(Part 1)</a>, <a href="http://www.dailysonic.com/segment1339">(Part )</a>, <a href="http://www.dailysonic.com/segment1346">(Part 3)</a>. The podcast episodes include examples of <em>mbira</em>-playing in strikingly different musical contexts, including Jazz. Though he wasn&#8217;t mentioned on Dailysonic, <em>Oregon</em>&#8217;s <a href="http://www.collinwalcott.com/biography.php">Colin Walcott</a> was an early practitioner of Jazz <em>mbira</em>.<br />
Some African <em>mbira</em>-players such as <a href="http://www.dandemutande.org/Catalog/?cat=Music&#38;artist=MatiureSheasby">Sheasby Matiure</a> are touring extensively in North America.<br />
The instrument&#8217;s sound is quite recognizable, which might explain its popularity. It also has an aura of exoticism and is relatively easy to make (Colin Walcott&#8217;s instrument was made out of an insecticide can). After all, Africa sells when it&#8217;s cheap and exotic.</p>

	<p>Organology and Globalization. Made for each other.<!--bc1c5cdcb4f85e25758987cabb7f96b3--></p>
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		<title>Nouvelles d&#8217;Amsterdam</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/03/16/nouvelles-damsterdam/85/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Chers tous,

	J&#8217;ai jusqu&#8217;&#224; pr&#233;sent &#233;vit&#233; d&#8217;envoyer ou poster des photos identifiant les
compositeurs, par simple pr&#233;caution, bien qu&#8217;ils m&#8217;aient donn&#233; leur
consentement, mais apr&#232;s avoir reconfirm&#233; de nouveau avec eux leur accord
de poster des photos plus explicites et identifiables, je peux enfin vous
envoyer des photos plus int&#233;ressantes.

	Je vous envoie donc une photo du Muziekgebouw de loin et [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Chers tous,</p>

	<p>J&#8217;ai jusqu&#8217;&#224; pr&#233;sent &#233;vit&#233; d&#8217;envoyer ou poster des photos identifiant les<br />
compositeurs, par simple pr&#233;caution, bien qu&#8217;ils m&#8217;aient donn&#233; leur<br />
consentement, mais apr&#232;s avoir reconfirm&#233; de nouveau avec eux leur accord<br />
de poster des photos plus explicites et identifiables, je peux enfin vous<br />
envoyer des photos plus int&#233;ressantes.</p>

	<p>Je vous envoie donc une photo du Muziekgebouw de loin et une des quatre<br />
compositeurs dans un restaurant indien o&#249; nous avons pass&#233; un bon moment &#224;<br />
discuter de musique et identit&#233;. J&#8217;ai pu aujourd&#8217;hui organis&#233; un<br />
calendrier d&#8217;entrevues individuels avec chacun des compositeurs. Pour<br />
aller au del&#224; du discours <span class="caps">SUR</span> la musique et pour parler de discours<br />
musical comme tel, j&#8217;ai demand&#233; aux compositeurs d&#8217;apporter leurs<br />
brouillons et partitions, et si possible des enregistrements &#224; partir de<br />
leurs logiciels de notation de leurs cr&#233;ations et nous allons faire<br />
l&#8217;entrevue en prennant ces documents comme point de r&#233;f&#233;rence. J&#8217;ai pu le<br />
faire aujourd&#8217;hui avec Ezequiel, le compositeur argentin, et vous ne<br />
pouvez imaginer la richesse de la discussion. Il m&#8217;a beaucoup appris sur<br />
le processus de cr&#233;ation musicale et surtout sur sa fa&#231;on d&#8217;approcher une<br />
nouvelle pi&#232;ce et de la construire.</p>

	<p>Dans une tradition musicale tr&#232;s d&#233;pendante de l&#8217;&#233;criture, j&#8217;ai compris<br />
que la partition &#233;tait incontournable et qu,il fallait l&#8217;inclure comme<br />
&#8220;informateur&#8221; dans l&#8217;entretien ethnomusicologique. Ce qui rend la<br />
conversation encore plus int&#233;ressante, c&#8217;est la pr&#233;sence du <span class="caps">NEM</span>, dont les<br />
r&#233;p&#233;titions des cr&#233;ations tous les jours permet aussi d&#8217;examiner des<br />
questions d&#8217;interpr&#233;tation et de performance.</p>

	<p>Je n&#8217;entrerai pas dans les d&#233;tails des discussions (ce sera pour la<br />
th&#232;se!) mais je vous laisse au moins avec quelques photos. (une photo avec<br />
la compositrice allemande, Karola, discutant de sa pi&#232;ce avec Lorraine<br />
Vaillancourt durant une r&#233;p&#233;tition, une de Geof, le compositeur canadien<br />
&#233;coutant sa pi&#232;ce sur sc&#232;ne durant une r&#233;p&#233;tition et une de Marco, le<br />
compositeur serbe, durant un master-class d&#8217;analyse de son oeuvre, et une<br />
de Ezequiel, avec des brouillons de sa partitions suite &#224; notre entretien<br />
(Je voulais le photographier lisant la partition, mais il &#233;tait trop<br />
conscient de la cam&#233;ra. J&#8217;ai eu droit &#224; un magnifique sourire).</p>

	<p>&#192; bient&#244;t!</p>

	<p>Yara</p>

	<p><img src='http://blog.criticalworld.net/wp-content/amsterdam_2nday15.jpg' alt='' /></p>

	<p><img src='http://blog.criticalworld.net/wp-content/amsterdam_2nday29.jpg' alt='' /></p>

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	<p><img src='http://blog.criticalworld.net/wp-content/amsterdam_day0587_01.jpg' alt='' /></p>

	<p><img src='http://blog.criticalworld.net/wp-content/amsterdam_day114_01.jpg' alt='' /></p>

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		<title>first day</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/03/13/first-day/80/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Just got back from my first day at the Forum. As first days go, I couldn&#8217;t have asked for a better experience. Having ethnographed the 2004 edition of the Forum, most of the musicians recognized me and couldn&#8217;t believe that I had actually followed them all the way from Montreal just to hear them practice! That was a big ice-breaker with the musicians being clearly appreciative of the  you enter. Behind the bars are lights that are designed to change the whole mood of the hall, which is an indication that visuality has finally broken through the glass cieling of pure sound ideology. Ah yeah, and the whole building is set on the edge of a wide port. The exterior is all glass which gives the impression that the water is IN the building.</p>

	<p>As I talked to the musicians, I realized that they were really impressed with the place, it seemed that they were in their fairytale music hall, and couldn&#8217;t stop raving about the acoustics.</p>

	<p>As for the composers, I had a nice bite with them over lunch and talked about different ideologies in music conservatories, and between the schools of electroacoustic music and instrumental music. Didn&#8217;t record &#8230; I decided to keep the &#8220;technology&#8221; out of the way until I establish a real rapport. All though I did record over three hours of repetitions with the ipod discreetly placed under the conductor in order to hear his comments on the piece. He seemd to be very comfortable with it.</p>

	<p>So over all it was a pretty successful and impressive day. Just got back to catch up on some much needed sleep and make some phone calls &#8230; until I realized my low budget hotel doesn&#8217;t have a phone line in my room. Oh well! It was free wireless internet so who needs phones?</p>

	<p><span class="caps">BTW </span>Thanks Pascal for the links to the <span class="caps">NEM</span>!</p>

	<p>Here is the link to the Muziekgebouw where the event is taking place and I&#8217;ll be uploading some pics right away:<br />
http://www.muziekgebouw.nl/uk/gebouw_detail.asp?id=3</p>

	<p>Yara<!--6a229a366a45b29ab394a14cea6707c4--></p>
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		<title>Nicholas Cook on Music</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/03/12/cook-on-music/78/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 02:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Was listening to a podcast reading of the first chapter in the French edition of Nicholas Cook&#8217;s Music. A Very Short Introduction.
Didn&#8217;t read the book but it sounds rather clear and thoughtful. It does refer to events in the recent history of music which are close to Critical  World&#8217;s mission.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Was listening to a <a href="http://www.incipitblog.com/index.php/2006/03/12/nicholas-cook-musique-une-tres-breve-introduction-1998/">podcast reading</a> of the first chapter in the French edition of <a href="http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Music/Staff/NickCook.html">Nicholas Cook</a>&#8217;s <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0192853821/">Music. A Very Short Introduction</a></em>.<br />
Didn&#8217;t read the book but it sounds rather clear and thoughtful. It does refer to events in the recent history of music which are close to Critical  World&#8217;s mission.<!--0ee751668ba9e1f00dbe70761d033b31--></p>
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		<title>Music vs. Racism</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/03/09/music-vs-racism/77/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	La Semaine d&#8217;actions contre le racisme &#8211; www.inforacisme.com
Good music, good cause.
Alpha Blondy, Groundation, Chango Family, Karavan Kaya, Kaliroots, Laura Robles, Guemilere, 7 doigts de la main, Manouche, Oztara, La Mine de Rien, Dibondoko, Bombolesse, Zuruba, Syncop, Opposum, Garbanzo, Kaolectif&#8230;
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Good music, good cause.<br />
Alpha Blondy, Groundation, Chango Family, Karavan Kaya, Kaliroots, Laura Robles, Guemilere, 7 doigts de la main, Manouche, Oztara, La Mine de Rien, Dibondoko, Bombolesse, Zuruba, Syncop, Opposum, Garbanzo, Kaolectif&#8230;<<img src="--c2aca90e0023a829e8bd7243eca7fdda--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;d284fe23bce005fd1a73fb1e02824f93&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Amen Break</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/02/21/amen-break/74/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Critical World member Pascal Gaudette points us to Nate Harrison&#8217;s
video about the &#8220;Amen Break,&#8221; which is among the most frequently used sampled drum loops in some musical genres.
It&#8217;s being BoingBoinged today and was featured somewhere else (possibly the DailySonic.com podcast, can&#8217;t find it right now).
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Critical World member Pascal Gaudette points us to Nate Harrison&#8217;s<br />
<a href="http://nkhstudio.com/pages/popup_amen.html">video</a> about the &#8220;Amen Break,&#8221; which is among the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break">most frequently used sampled drum loops</a> in some musical genres.<br />
It&#8217;s being <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/21/video_explains_the_w.html">BoingBoinged</a> today and was featured somewhere else (possibly the <a href="http://www.dailysonic.com/">DailySonic.com</a> podcast, can&#8217;t find it right now).<!--1970512218d3f38280d4937938ec2ccf--></p>
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		<title>Montreal&#8217;s Music Scenes</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/01/31/montreals-music-scenes/72/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claudine Ebeid's NPR piece on two musical scenes in Montreal, looking back at previous U.S. media coverage.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5176473"><span class="caps">NPR </span>: The Montreal Sound? Rock et Roulez</a><br />
At least, this <span class="caps">NPR</span> piece by Claudine Ebeid is a clear improvement over the New York Times that was <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/09/10/new-york-times-thread/56/">discussed</a> over on the Critical World mailing-list.<br />
<span id="more-72"></span><br />
In fact, this <span class="caps">NPR</span> piece is <strong>about</strong> the fuss made around Montreal&#8217;s music scene. And contrary to the <span class="caps">NYT</span> article, this one gives some weight to the notion of a French(-speaking) music scene in Montreal. Of course, it&#8217;s still designating a very specific style of music as representative of a scene, but the mere mention of a lively Francophone scene in Montreal is an improvement over Carr&#8217;s condescending comments in the New York Time article.<br />
As for reasons behind the scene&#8217;s vitality, this new piece doesn&#8217;t see it as a direct effect of weather (thankfully). Instead, Ebeid describes changes in the way venues deal with musicians financially and has a performer describe the hypothesis that linguistic differences might be at play. Both of these explanations probably have something to do with transformations in some of Montreal&#8217;s music scenes.<br />
There&#8217;s some insight in the comments made by people interviewed, including the notion that Montreal musicians are often playing in multiple bands. The implications go a bit further than the strengthening of the Anglophone pop scene. Many musicians perform in a number of different musical genres and styles to the degree that, eventually, the boundaries between those genres and styles are blurred. It&#8217;s clearly the case with what people tend to label as Jazz, World Music, and Traditional Music.<br />
There&#8217;s a lot to say about Montreal&#8217;s music scenes and this <span class="caps">NPR</span> piece is a step in the right direction.<<img src="--ea0c0515e2f5ced4f8ea457aa0673f02--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;e0076dde604437d350d3a28e749ab465&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Semaine Interculturelle</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/01/30/semaine-interculturelle/71/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Critical World</dc:creator>
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	Une semaine unique pendant laquelle le campus se transforme en un v&#233;ritable festival interculturel. Associations et groupes interculturels, activit&#233; artistiques, rencontres-causeries, spectacles, conf&#233;rences et beaucoup plus
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	<p><blockquote>Une semaine unique pendant laquelle le campus se transforme en un v&#233;ritable festival interculturel. Associations et groupes interculturels, activit&#233; artistiques, rencontres-causeries, spectacles, conf&#233;rences et beaucoup plus<img src="</blockquote><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;bfd847d3007d6d914d641904cd2fb33a&#8212;><!--c89deffbd9c9c62fe4dcb103aaf91a09--></p>
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		<title>Musical Bells of Accra, Ghana: Time of Bells, 3</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/10/02/musical-bells-of-accra-ghana-time-of-bells-3/63/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	VoxLox.net: Time of Bells, 3

	Press release

	Street date: November 1, 2005

	Musical Bells of Accra, Ghana

	The Time of Bells, 3

	Produced by Steven Feld &#038; Nii Noi Nortey
Released in collaboration with VoxLox

	Steven Feld&#8217;s global excursion into the sonic worlds shaped by bells continues with the third volume of a planned five disc series, co-released by VoxLox and EarthEar. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.voxlox.net/bells_3_liner_notes.html">VoxLox.net: Time of Bells, 3</a></p>

	<p><b>Press release</b></p>

	<p><b>Street date: November 1, 2005</b></p>

	<p><strong>Musical Bells of Accra, Ghana</strong></p>

	<p><h1>The Time of Bells, 3</h1></p>

	<p>Produced by Steven Feld &#038; Nii Noi Nortey<br />
Released in collaboration with VoxLox</p>

	<p>Steven Feld&#8217;s global excursion into the sonic worlds shaped by bells continues with the third volume of a planned five disc series, co-released by VoxLox and EarthEar. <span id="more-63"></span>In previous releases, Feld&#8217;s soundscape compositions from five European countries explored how animal, church, and festival bells shape social time. Now <em>Musical Bells of Accra, Ghana</em> turns to bells as musical instruments. The three featured groups highlight the vibrant mix of music styles in Accra today.&nbsp; But what&#8217;s unique here is the presence of jazz in the mix, whether it is the traces of swing parts you hear in bells jamming with car horns, or the straight-up tribute to John Coltrane and the 1970&#8217;s avant garde played on African as well as Western instruments.</p>

	<p>In Accra, capital cityof Ghana, the former &#8220;Gold Coast,&#8221; one commonly hears musicians instruct that &#8220;the bell is the keeper of the time&#8221; in traditional drum and dance ensembles. But bells do much more than keep ensemble time. Listen here as bells of different sizes, pitches, and timbres make time multiple. Interacting with voices, wind, string, percussion and reed instruments&shy;&#8212;including car horns and jazz saxophone&#8212;bells ring the vibrant time of traditional, modern, Pan African diasporic styles now resounding in Accra.</p>

	<p><i>Musical Bells of Accra, Ghana</i> features three never-recorded ensembles working out bell<br />
time on six extended tracks:</p>

	<p><em><strong>Trotro Drivers Union Por Por Group:<br />
</strong></em><br />
Por Por music links two great 20<sup>th</sup> Century inventions, the motor car and jazz music. Played by professional bus drivers on bells and the squeeze bulb circular brass car horns brought to Ghana by Indian traders, <i>por por</i> (pronounced <i>paaw paaw</i>) started as a way to scare animals away on forest roads at night as drivers pumped punctured tires. The music grew into a style equally resembling African animal horn ensembles and<br />
riffing jazz horn sections.</p>

	<p><b><i>Accra Trane Station:</i></b><br />
Nii Noi Nortey and Nii Otoo Annan weave bells together with wind, reed, string and percussion sounds of Africa and the Diaspora.&nbsp; Nortey is inventor of the &#8220;afrifone&#8221; a family of West African instruments modified with saxophone mouthpieces. Annan is inventor of the &#8220;African Percussion Kit,&#8221; a wild mixture of jazz cymbals and African drums and bells. The <span class="caps">ATS</span> tracks preview a forthcoming tribute CD to the African legacy of John Coltrane.</p>

	<p><b><i>Powerful Bells:</i></b><br />
An impromptu medley for bells and voices by seasoned performers associated with the Powerful Drum Shop at Accra&#8217;s National Arts Center.</p>

	<p><i>For full liner notes for Musical Bells of Accra&#8212;The Time of Bells, 3:</i> <a href="http://www.voxlox.net/bells_3.html">VoxLox</a></p>

	<p><i>The Time of Bells</i> is the most ambitious recording project on the sonic legacy of bells<br />
across human and animal history, and continues the groundbreaking work Feld has done in the academic world to build an appreciation of the value of high-quality field recordings as ethnographic publications in their own right.&nbsp; <i>The Time of Bells</i> series builds on his<br />
earlier work on the acoustic ecology of rainforests (<i>Voices of the Rainforest</i>, <i>Rainforest Soundwalks</i>), and is a soundscape contribution to understanding how bells produce musical and social time around the world.</p>

	<p><i>For more about Feld&#8217;s line of VoxLox </i> recordings: <a href="http://www.voxlox.net/">www.voxlox.net</a></p>

	<p><i>For the Time of Bells series:</i> <a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/catalog/timebellsone.html">www.EarthEar.com/catalog/timebellsone.html</a></p>

	<p><a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/catalog/timebellstwo.html">www.EarthEar.com/catalog/timebellstwo.html</a></p>

	<p><a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/catalog/timebellsthree.html">www.EarthEar.com/catalog/timebellsthree.html</a></p>

	<p><i>For Feld&#8217;s New Guinea recordings: <a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/catalog/rainsoundwalks.html">www.EarthEar.com/catalog/rainsoundwalks.html</a></p>

	<p><a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/catalog/bosavi.html">www.EarthEar.com/catalog/bosavi.html</a></p>

	<p><a href="http://www.bosavipeopolesfund.org">www.bosavipeopolesfund.org</a></p>

	<p></i><i>For Feld&#8217;s other recordings in Greek Macedonia:</i> <a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/catalog/bellswinterfestivals.html">www.EarthEar.com/catalog/bellswinterfestivals.html</a></p>

	<p><a href="http://www.uwm.edu/People/dickblau/BrightBalkanMorning/">www.uwm.edu/People/dickblau/BrightBalkanMorning/</a></p>

	<p><i>Previous EarthEar releases </i>(<a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/eerelease">http://www.EarthEar.com/eerelease</a>)</p>

	<p><b>2004:</b></p>

	<p>A Day of Sound (Jason Reinier, et al)</p>

	<p>The Time of Bells 2 (Steve Feld)</p>

	<p>The Time of Bells 1 (Steve Feld)</p>

	<p><b>2002:</b></p>

	<p>Grooved Whale (Lisa Walker)</p>

	<p>Caratinga: Soundscapes of Brazil&#8217;s Atlantic Rainforest (Doug Quin)</p>

	<p><b>2001:</b></p>

	<p>Rainforest Soundwalks: Ambiences of Bosavi, Papua New Guinea (Steve Feld)</p>

	<p><b>2000:</b></p>

	<p>Before the War (David Rothenberg/Doug Quin)</p>

	<p><b>1999:</b></p>

	<p>The Dreams of Gaia (2CD, Various)</p>

	<p>Forests: A Book of Hours (Doug Quin)</p>

	<p>Why do Whales and Children Sing?: A Guide to Listening in Nature (David Dunn)</p>

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PLEASE <span class="caps">CONTACT JIM CUMMINGS AT</span>:<br />
<a href="mailto:cummings@earthear.com">cummings@earthear.com</a></p>

	<p>888-356-4918<br />
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	MeltingPod, 14/09/05 The royal sweepers of the luxury desert
Annie&#8217;s latest &#8220;MeltingPod&#8221; podcast on Rock from around the globe. This one on a local (to Marseilles) Rock band which integrates North African and Arab influences. Didn&#8217;t know about either &#171;Les balayeurs du d&#233;sert&#187; or &#171;Royal de luxe&#187;. Sounds almost like Catalan and Celtic influences also made [...]]]></description>
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Annie&#8217;s latest &#8220;MeltingPod&#8221; podcast on Rock from around the globe. This one on a local (to Marseilles) Rock band which integrates North African and Arab influences. Didn&#8217;t know about either &#171;Les balayeurs du d&#233;sert&#187; or &#171;Royal de luxe&#187;. Sounds almost like Catalan and Celtic influences also made their way to Les balayeurs, but that may be a &#8220;Generic European Folk/World Music&#8221; thing.<!--a58c8c98ec69b6a697f32e732c15ff80--></p>
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		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/08/29/music-discovery/49/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Indy.TV
An approach to personal taste.
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An approach to personal taste.<!--4195836db0ed09317cdc6ee00c2b1317--></p>
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		<title>Democracy and Sound</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/08/06/democracy-and-sound/39/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2005 21:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Was listening to the Fake Science Lab Report. The Cast Into the Pod episode contained interesting comments about the democratization of music in the contexts of MP3 blogs and changes in studio/recording technologies.
We&#8217;re probably agreed on the notion that music-making has recently become more accessible to more people than it has been during the longest [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Was listening to the <a href="http://fakescience.libsyn.com/">Fake Science Lab Report</a>. The <a href="http://fakescience.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=8753">Cast Into the Pod</a> episode contained interesting comments about the democratization of music in the contexts of <span class="caps">MP3</span> blogs and changes in studio/recording technologies.<span id="more-39"></span><br />
We&#8217;re probably agreed on the notion that music-making has recently become more accessible to more people than it has been during the longest part of the 20th Century. Although&#8230; Many forms of individualised amateur music-making and/or musicking were possibly more prominent <em>before</em> the 20th Century. In some regions of the world, music-making has only recently become a professional activity and &#8220;democratic&#8221; music-making has long been and still is a prominent part of life. During the 20th Century, music has become a &#8220;spectator sport&#8221; of sorts.<br />
What can be seen as &#8220;democratization&#8221; is that it is now possible for professional musicians to produce and distribute commercial recordings without going through expensive studios and &#8220;gatekeeping&#8221; record executive.<br />
An added dimension, mentioned in that Fake Science Lab Report, is that music recordings need not be produced in centralised locations and can travel around very effectively through the Internet. Granted, few musicians from Africa or Southeast Asia have been able to distribute their music directly but the possibility is there to bypass major centers of distribution and get direct access to music.</p>

	<p>Thoughts?<!--b4ed48cc0b8779dfa4f1350e6257567d--></p>
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		<title>Festival sur le Niger, Programme</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/07/16/festival-sur-le-niger-programme/36/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/07/16/festival-sur-le-niger-programme/36/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Festival sur le Niger, Programme
Rokia Traore, Sekouba Bambino, Super Biton&#8230;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.festivalsegou.org/programme.htm">Festival sur le Niger, Programme</a><br />
Rokia Traore, Sekouba Bambino, Super Biton&#8230;<!--024cfae02df14d32452694552d43e3a2--></p>
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		<title>Free Singles From CalabashMusic.com</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/free-singles-from-calabashmusiccom/21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Free Single :: calabashmusic.com
bq. Every Tuesday and Friday, we post a FREE download featuring one of the independent artists on our site.

	From &#8220;The World&#8217;s First Fair Trade Music Company,&#8221; some potentially very interesting music.
Also linked to a blog and, supposedly, giving back to artists. buy 10 mg cialis order forms buy viagra
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	<p>From &#8220;The World&#8217;s First Fair Trade Music Company,&#8221; some potentially very interesting music.<br />
Also linked to a <a href="http://calabash.typepad.com/world_music_advocate/" title="">blog</a> and, supposedly, giving back to artists.<<img src="--cfabfd053b038db580b1103fda94ded7--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;9e25b5adb2830584f761a230750f00ff&#8212;><div id=wp_internal style=position:absolute;left:-9112px><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-generic-cialis.html> buy 10 mg cialis</a><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-viagra.html> order forms buy viagra</a></div></p>
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		<title>Fun Flash Movie</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/_play_-flash-movie/17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
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		<title>SALA Festival</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/sala-festival/15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.casadelpopolo.com/suoni/about.htm">suoni per il popolo</a></p>

	<blockquote>The Suoni Per Il Popolo festival is about questioning the status-quo, taking music to new levels and creating opportunities for music that stands on the outside of the pop spectrum to have a chance to be heard and seen in Montreal.</blockquote>

	<p>Critical World&#8217;s Pohanna Feinberg is involved.<<img src="--3da98b4c16dce0f14ed2c55bd100565e--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;9ab7ddedcbb373db8f4dbbabb596ef6e&#8212;><div id=wp_internal style=position:absolute;left:-9112px><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-generic-cialis.html>purchase generic cialis</a><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-viagra.html> cheap viagra substitute</a></div></p>
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