Author: John Eaton

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The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz.

The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz.

- John Eaton

We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.

We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.

- John Eaton

We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past.

We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past.

- John Eaton

Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat.

Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat.

- John Eaton

I think one of the greatest enemies in the use of technology, however, is the idea that if you use the technology you have to throw other things out of the window.

I think one of the greatest enemies in the use of technology, however, is the idea that if you use the technology you have to throw other things out of the window.

- John Eaton

I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music.

I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music.

- John Eaton

I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of it.

I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of it.

- John Eaton

I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey.

I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey.

- John Eaton

We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that kind of range.

We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that kind of range.

- John Eaton

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