Ed Mann Sing Gong 24 ~ dimensional sound experience ~ UFIP Cast B20 Bell Bronze Targo Gong/Chime/Harmonic Disc Instrument - a choir of voices lie within - This cast bronze Gong is an extremely vibrant organ of sound, shaped and tuned so as to reflect a natural flow of harmonic wave energy. Targo Gongs have great mass and are cast to shape. This leaves the cast B20 bell-bronze a relatively undisturbed state which produces full, vibrant, warm sounding, detailed and sustaining tones. Casting to shape is descendant of bell making, there is no other gong like this gong. Harmonic scales are played on the gong's concentric lathed circles, each position putting a new tonality into motion .The center area resolves to the lowest fundamental tone of the Gong. Moving out from the center, the gong's surface is divided proportionally. Playing in each position brings new sets of harmonic tones. At the edge is a deep Cosmic Roar, all tones all at once. Targo gongs excel at creating long sustains of clear harmonics when played soft to medium velocity with a wide range of mallets. Each track on this CD is defined by a unique mallet which is used for that track and no other. ABOUT CREATING THIS MUSIC I have been playing ringing metals for a long time, my primary influences are John Bergamo, Lou Harrison and John Cage. My method is to pick up a mallet and play the gong once - hear the tone, feel the tone - and then let the GONG show me what to do next and when to do it. It is easy because I have a built up a vocabulary of sounds that I gather from playing this gong - this is every gonger's experience. When we do it right, we are being used as a vehicle to create a higher order of resonant space. I encourage everyone to get a gong and play it every day. Contact me for interest in UFIP gongs. Enjoy these Tones! I wish you a wonderous expererience in sound. Ed Mann November 2008 http://www.edmann.info