From Irene McC Sent Tue, Feb 10th 1998, 11:23
From Irene McC Sent Tue, Feb 10th 1998, 11:23
On 10 Feb 98, eric hill wrote: (idm) m's and p's: > in his book "noise," jacques attali makes an argument that musical > innovation is tied to the breaking of existing standards of what > music is made of. transgressing barriers, [ and more of the same for a good long while ] Maybe I just want pleasing sounds to wash my soul with. NOT innovation NOT breaking of existing standards NOT transgressing barriers Just PLEASE something enjoyable. Or relaxing. Or exciting. Or to shake my bones to. The very word "noise" as title for the book from which the thought process is taken says quite a lot. Noise does not always equal music. Well, not to my ears, it doesn't. (And yes, I do "hear what you're saying"). But just because someone promotes 'death to the infidels' doesn't make his music sound any better, now does it? I *