Articles By: The_Toggle

The Toggle is Jim Spiri, sometimes with guest musicians. I play computer, keyboards, Roland HandSonic percussion unit, Ashbory bass, modified western electric sitar, Hawaiian lap steel vina/"Pete Townshend tambura", gamelan instruments, gongs, tabla, dumbek, etc. There are elements of world music, minimalism, ambient music, etc. Often using non-western scales and tunings. The music also has meditative and healing properties. Sound and video on http://www.myspace.com/thetoggle . Available for live performance for receptions and other events, therapy/healing, belly dance...

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What is Plein Air Music?

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What is Plein Air Music? >>Dictionary: plein air or plein-air (plān’âr’, plÄ•-nÄ•r’) adj. Of or being a style of painting produced out of doors in natural light. Taking place outdoors: plein air dining. (1)<<   >>Plein Air (French for “open air”) painting became popular in the early nineteenth century in both Europe and America when [...]

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An Interview with The_Toggle

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Q: What is this noise? A: The Toggle is trying to make an inner, contemplative music. Animals like it. Sometimes it’s like windchimes dreaming. The mind moves. Q: Dude, that’s heavy [smirks]. Do you use any interesting techniques? A: Western music, using a ‘tempered’ scale of 12 equal steps, has all these possibilities for harmony, [...]

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