NED MCGOWAN

07-09-2001  10.52


Do you hear the neighbours go to the toilet?
No, I hear kids (school next door.)
Do you put your vacuumcleaner on like Glenn Gould did?
No, sometimes headphones, though.
Do you always have sky-radio on?
Uh, No.
Do you lock yourself in the bathroom?
No.
Do you have a traffic-light in front of your house?
No.
A tromboneplayer across the street?
No, but there is a flutist, a composer/guitarist, and a rock guitarist on my little echo- y street.
A bicycle store downstairs?
No.
Have you found yourself a silent room where you only hear your own bloodstream?
Only in my dreams.
Are you glued on to your computer?
Yes.
Did you get yourself a permanent trainticket?
No.
Do you have your own private corner in your favourite bar?
No.
Do you sit in the woods getting birdshit on your paper?
Uh...No.
Please give me a short description of the sounds that normally surround you when you compose (in audio or textformat).
The hum of my stereo and cassette recorder.