From mallen Sent Fri, Apr 10th 1998, 22:13
From mallen Sent Fri, Apr 10th 1998, 22:13
On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, KaisrSolze wrote: > Anyway, I guess that leaves me questioning the limits of IDM, and >electronic music in general. I think programming can go a really long >way... But has anyone really been able to achieve the same level of >communication and interaction with their synths and computer programs >that a moderately gifted player can with a sax or guitar or other >physical instrument? Is any computer program as flexible and nuanced as >a physical instrument, dynamically and otherwise? Maybe in a few years >electronic musicians will be able to instantly call up exactly the sound >they want, but I don't see that capability existing now. I think however that (in my opinion here) this is not the point of electronic music. Since very early on electronic music's goal has been more exploratory than any other form of music. Very often the point has been what can be done with this equipment that pushes the boundries of what most people would consider music. Much of it has to do with the technological aspects of it, But i also think it can be traced to trying to find a new form of musical communication. John coltrane moves me with his playing. Autechre just move me somewhere else. The point of alot of electronic music is certainly not the same point trying to be made with classic acoustic instruments. Modern electronic composers are looking to use technology to push 'music' in a different direction than what has come before. m. ps. wells, im sorry if this was too pretentious for you :)