Do You Know the Name — Or the Number?

2 Nov
2009

9 NOVEMBER: N.B., THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. You can see the results, and the reveal, here.

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It’s been a while since we last offered any free booty to our kind, good-looking, abnormally intelligent, and generous readership. Welcome to the latest D:O contest, brought to you by the fine folks at Pi Recordings, and Henry Threadgill.

CONTEST ONE – Blindfold, please.

The blindfold test. We’ve posted an mp3, above, stripped of identifying tags or details. Write us at the email address on the sidebar [see below Who?] with your guess of the name of the tune and/or the musician(s) responsible. You have until this Friday at midnight EST to get us your answers. We will throw all correct and partially correct answers in a hat and draw a winner.

CONTEST TWO – Roll ‘em.

This contest is simple: We’re thinking of a number between 1 and 100. Leave your guess in the comments section of this entry; one number only, please. You have until this Friday at midnight EST to make your guess. Please be sure not to duplicate anyone else’s number. And please only enter once. The lucky soul who guesses the right digits — or comes closest — wins.

CONTEST THREE — See our Twitter feed for details.

Feel free to enter all three!

OUR FABULOUS PRIZES:

Pi and Threadgill have made it possible for us to provide three signed copies of This Brings Us To, Volume 1, the latest from Threadgill’s wonderful Zooid band. When we spoke to Threadgill last month about the recording of this album, he made it plain (1) how hot this band was when making this disc, recording in essentially one take after coming off tour; and (2) how little he relies on the record-making process as anything other than a way to capture how a current band sounds. The man is not in a hurry to make CDs, so this is literally a rare opportunity.

To get another perspective on this disc, we conversed via email with guitarist and producer Liberty Ellman. Ellman echoed Threadgill on the timing of the recording: “The album was recorded right after we came home from a 3-week European tour. Henry wanted to record the album in the same way we had been playing the shows, with the same (or close to the same) set order.” Ellman also spoke to what it’s like to play in Zooid:

Its a great joy to play Henry’s music, it has all of the elements you could want as a performer: challenging repertoire written very specifically for your instrument, extremely wide dynamic range, very grooving but not overly obvious, and as detailed as it is, there is lots of room for you to fit your personality into the music. Most importantly it’s really fun to play.

None of which would be possible without the full commitment of everyone in the band. Liberty again:

Henry is very prolific. There are always new pieces being added to the book, and even the old pieces are constantly reworked. In some ways you never play the same piece twice. Everyone in the band has worked with Henry for several years now, so the communication is on a very high level. I think its pretty rare to be in a group where the group listening and interplay is so mature. That can only come from a lot of rehearsal and a lot of playing together.

Threadgill was also quick to point out the integral role rehearsals can play in the life of the creative musician, if only given the opportunity.

In any event, we’re hoping you are able to take advantage of this opportunity — best of luck!

89 Responses to Do You Know the Name — Or the Number?

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pete

November 2nd, 2009 at 10:15 am

40!

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Bg Porter

November 2nd, 2009 at 10:21 am

17, if you would.

(unless you’re allowing non-integers. Then I pick the square root of 17.)

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Massimo Magee

November 2nd, 2009 at 10:36 am

11

lucky 11

(come on 11)

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Dominic G. Turgeon

November 2nd, 2009 at 10:56 am

33 !

33!

33!

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Dave Cramer

November 2nd, 2009 at 10:59 am

75

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Eric Kennedy

November 2nd, 2009 at 11:04 am

2

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Bill Ford

November 2nd, 2009 at 11:12 am

I’ll take 28.

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jacob

November 2nd, 2009 at 11:43 am

42

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lj

November 2nd, 2009 at 11:59 am

73

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Jake

November 2nd, 2009 at 12:12 pm

39

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Josh

November 2nd, 2009 at 12:21 pm

66

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James

November 2nd, 2009 at 12:22 pm

23

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jake

November 2nd, 2009 at 12:29 pm

48

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Gary

November 2nd, 2009 at 1:08 pm

6, no I really mean 7! Make that 7.

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Amy

November 2nd, 2009 at 1:11 pm

53

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B. Clugston

November 2nd, 2009 at 1:23 pm

31

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Chris B.

November 2nd, 2009 at 1:32 pm

3

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DCR

November 2nd, 2009 at 1:50 pm

Between 1 and 100, inclusive?

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DCR

November 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 pm

If so, 1. If not, 14.

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H

November 2nd, 2009 at 2:47 pm

60

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ajl

November 2nd, 2009 at 2:56 pm

67

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AW

November 2nd, 2009 at 3:01 pm

86

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Stuart

November 2nd, 2009 at 3:28 pm

36!

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Adaam

November 2nd, 2009 at 3:38 pm

63

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g.

November 2nd, 2009 at 3:39 pm

87

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AJS

November 2nd, 2009 at 4:26 pm

69

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Charlie

November 2nd, 2009 at 4:46 pm

I got 12.

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joe ross

November 2nd, 2009 at 4:56 pm

28 has been taken so I’ll take 29.

29!

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Diana

November 2nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm

3

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Diana

November 2nd, 2009 at 5:20 pm

oops 3 is already taken!
how about 13

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J

November 2nd, 2009 at 5:21 pm

52

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tim g.

November 2nd, 2009 at 5:22 pm

80.

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Marc Wiener

November 2nd, 2009 at 5:25 pm

95

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Matt

November 2nd, 2009 at 6:10 pm

92, please.

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Bob

November 2nd, 2009 at 6:19 pm

37

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godoggo

November 2nd, 2009 at 6:36 pm

96

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David

November 2nd, 2009 at 6:52 pm

4

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Jed

November 2nd, 2009 at 7:12 pm

I know, it’s 64.

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Brad Nelson

November 2nd, 2009 at 8:05 pm

59

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Matt Smiley

November 2nd, 2009 at 8:09 pm

19

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michael b

November 2nd, 2009 at 8:19 pm

i’ll take six, please

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Bart

November 2nd, 2009 at 8:45 pm

50, because I dread getting that old.

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Noam Chomsky

November 2nd, 2009 at 9:42 pm

51

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Ben

November 2nd, 2009 at 9:56 pm

71

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Randall

November 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 pm

61

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Mickey Burnett

November 2nd, 2009 at 10:48 pm

21

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Nick

November 2nd, 2009 at 10:49 pm

77, for sure

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Cschenked

November 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 pm

72

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Dave Cramer

November 2nd, 2009 at 11:43 pm

I’d suggest rethinking the Twitter contest, as one cannot send a direct message to someone who is not following you. (I believe there is a hack for that, but I’m certainly not the only one who tried to participate and failed.)

But it doesn’t really matter, as I have the best number in the other contest. X-75!

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David

November 3rd, 2009 at 5:47 am

27

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Jol

November 3rd, 2009 at 6:05 am

88

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Joao

November 3rd, 2009 at 7:10 am

68

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John in England

November 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 am

99

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bedworm

November 3rd, 2009 at 11:01 am

19

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Dane

November 3rd, 2009 at 11:04 am

22

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Kikuchiyo

November 3rd, 2009 at 11:38 am

It’s definitely a prime number. I’ll say:

37

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staas

November 3rd, 2009 at 1:05 pm

43

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hungrych

November 3rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm

73

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hungrych

November 3rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm

er, my bad. 74

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Les

November 3rd, 2009 at 1:52 pm

22

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Les

November 3rd, 2009 at 1:53 pm

Oops! I mean 41

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steve

November 3rd, 2009 at 3:33 pm

77!!

Great website guys!

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James

November 3rd, 2009 at 3:41 pm

24

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Kai

November 3rd, 2009 at 4:19 pm

6

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YS

November 3rd, 2009 at 8:44 pm

5

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xochi

November 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 pm

16!

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Michael

November 3rd, 2009 at 10:39 pm

66

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john katoflis

November 4th, 2009 at 5:07 am

17

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Francesco

November 4th, 2009 at 9:29 am

15

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Jeffro

November 4th, 2009 at 11:26 am

15!

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Jeffro

November 4th, 2009 at 11:29 am

damnit.
100.

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Ph

November 4th, 2009 at 11:31 am

56!

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Dan DiPiero

November 4th, 2009 at 11:36 am

27

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evan

November 4th, 2009 at 4:05 pm

47

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MSK

November 4th, 2009 at 4:29 pm

42

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Tony Orzano

November 4th, 2009 at 7:57 pm

28

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Ben

November 4th, 2009 at 11:44 pm

49

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larry

November 5th, 2009 at 3:04 pm

59

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scrien

November 5th, 2009 at 5:17 pm

88

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Seth Hain

November 5th, 2009 at 10:33 pm

83?

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AKinCLE

November 6th, 2009 at 11:37 am

90. BUT, if it’s 89 or 91, I’m no closer than the people who picked 88 or 92 (“The lucky soul who guesses the right digits — or comes closest — wins.”) At this time, the same pertains to the numbers 9 (one-tenth of 90) and 45 (one-half of 90). Also, at least twelve numbers have two people claiming them.

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Kikuchiyo

November 6th, 2009 at 12:38 pm

Whoops. 37 is taken. Make that 38.

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Willy

November 6th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

52

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Daniel Weber

November 6th, 2009 at 6:03 pm

98. (if that’s taken 97!)

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the Lum

November 6th, 2009 at 11:47 pm

35

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Dave C.

November 7th, 2009 at 9:34 pm

10 numbers have been taken twice, but 33 haven\’t been used at all.

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Matt Hurwit

November 8th, 2009 at 5:49 pm

94

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Clay

November 8th, 2009 at 9:57 pm

3

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Kuba

November 9th, 2009 at 12:50 am

12

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