Now, I'm strongly considering mounting the book on my web site when copyright reverts to me, because I haven't seen any money from it since the advance, and because I really just want to share the information. At the moment I'm actively enjoying having the thing still in print, since I haven't put together another book-length project. I've been directing my writing energy into teaching, scholastic work that isn't terribly commercial, and papers, which I self-publish on this web site. TOP Music I have Folklife participant buttons from 1987 to 1995. It's a great festival.
Indonesian music is the most non-Western music in the world.
It is not harmonic, not linear, and not modal. It is instead fractal, cyclic, interlocking, and moody. The music is made cooperatively, requiring a dozen people to make it work properly. There's a lot of magic in it. We were privileged to perform several times with the orchestra, and to play with a drummer and dancer from Indonesia.