Four Hoarse Men Sound Poetry

Greg Bem, Jason Conger, Joe Chiveney and I have been rehearsing a Sound Poem originally done by the Four Horsemen: bp nichol, Steve McCaffery, Rafael Barreto-Rivera and Paul Dutton. (Their version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahUdQd_YtwM )

Read the comments section there and you get a sense what people think about this kind of poetry, but I think there is something valuable in attempting (sometimes) to communicate in a way that transcends words.

So, for the January edition of The Breadline, we performed as the Four Hoarse Men and it was recorded by Raanan David and posted here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Hyv_Tf_O8

Here’s the score:

4 Hoarse Men Sound Poetry Score
Instructions: replicating the unconscious, ecstasy & the dreamlike. 2 conducts. Each scream is 5-6 seconds, facilitated by conductor. Each segment 15-20 seconds.
	1 – Jason	2 – Paul	3 – Joe	4 – Greg	COMMENTS
1	SCREAM 1
2	E e e e e e e e	CONDUCTS	ggg rrr www L L L L L L Z Z Z Z		(2 & 4 silent)
3	SCREAM 2
4	Growling animal, then popping sounds			Choking sounds, gagging lip pops	(2 & 4 silent)
5	SCREAM 3
6		Vowels grunted with tongue		CH CH CH UH UH UH NK NK NK TU TU TU AA AA AA	(1 & 3 silent)
7	SCREAM 4
8		E E E E E E K K K K K T T T T T T D D D D D	EEE intermittently E e e e e e		(1 & 4 silent)
9	SCREAM 5
10	OOOOOOOOH (as in sue)	OOOOO (turns sexual ecstasy and relief, more quiet)	Anthemic O	OOOOO turning to animal sound
11	SCREAM 6 (End)