Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 8057 time period with those people – Handel, Scarlatti, and Carl Phillip Emanuel – become a benchmark? There are reasons, but it was the beginning of modern Western tonal music. Like Leonard Bernstein, I see a direct line of musical continuity from Bach to the Beetles. Why is it that modern “classical” music does not have that same appeal? Are specific reasons. Fitts: Here is what I want you to promise: Once we finish funding your organ and the organ is set up, you will tell us the answer. Farrell: I will try. It will take me a long time to recover skills. I’ve said that I couldn’t play Chop- sticks right now. I haven’t played a keyboard steadily in the last 30 years. Fitts: I just mean that part of what we get for funding the organ is an answer to the question. Farrell: Oh, yes. Yes, I fully intend to. In fact, I want to make a video to show the harmonic se- ries on a pipe organ and how the harmonic series and the pipe organ are so intimately connected. Again, the pipe organ is the oldest keyboard instrument, almost a millennium now. The first examples were in Byzantium. It’s the oldest instrument, intimately tied to the rise of modern Western tonal music. Fitts: You did a wonderful webinar in the 3rd quar- ter on the organ, and it has great pictures of you and your family as a young man. I encourage every- body to sign up for Giza Death Star and listen. Farrell: It would be even more fascinating to demonstrate with stops on a keyboard, and show that the organ is the rise of modern Western music. Composers in that era wrote so much for it. But it is also at the time in Western history when some people began to think independently for themselves. This is why music is important. It teaches us to recognize patterns and permu- tations in all contexts, all at the same time, and making sense. That is the real key. Having it make sense is the key. I was planning once I get back into practice, to show people how it wires the mind. Fitts: Saturday night dinner, October 15th in Tulsa. Check it out. You can access information from www.GizaDeathStar.com and www.So- lari.com. I want to mention that many things inspired me in the 3rd quarter, but one was a video under Vimeo “famous shorts” or something. Our sub- scribers send in fabulous stuff. It was about two guys in China. One was blind and the other had no arms. They were bemoan- ing what was happening to their village environ- ment, and so they decided to replant trees and reverse the environmental harm. The first year I think they planted 800 trees. One is blind, and the other armless. One guy would have to climb up, but he was blind. The armless guy would stand at the bottom and tell him what to do. They planted 800 trees, and I think only two lived. But they persisted, and they planted over 10,000 trees. They wanted to leave a legacy to their village. They were focused on long-term legacy, which is of course the right way to think. And they made no excuses. They did not sit and say, “Wait a min- ute. You’re blind and I have no arms.” Instead they sat saying, “Well, what can we do?” You perceive it and think, “If they can build a forest, I can keep ‘turtling’.” Farrell: Exactly. Fitts: It is on the website. You can link to it from the Trends and Stories. I can’t wait until our An- nual Wrap Up. It is going to be a doozy! In fact, our annual theme will be “The Global Harvest and its Intersection With Financial Markets.” Now that the effort to control the planets and GMO foods look like they are failing, thank God! Maybe we can have more rational conver- sation. Farrell: Catherine. Thank you for having me back. “ I see a direct line of musical continuity from Bach to the Beetles. Why is it that modern “clas- sical” music does not have that same appeal? ”