(idm) back in my day...

From Giles Ward
Sent Mon, Jun 29th 1998, 01:11


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> From: Giles Ward <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
> To: xxx@xxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: Re: (idm) back in my day...
> Date: 29 June 1998 01:14
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> > no way man.. I never said wrote it off.. just certain "uses" of it that
> are
> > not customary on here. IDM is not guitar music. (that I think whether
or
> not
> > IDM has guitars in it or not can be agreed on unanimously?) I mean,
> guitar
> > music is total guitar strumming and stuff :)
> 
> Has IDM got guitars in it?  Depends on the track I suppose.  I think this
> brings us back to "what is IDM?"
> 
> > The guitar can be used quite well I would imagine, because nothing else
> > sounds quite like a guitar, because you pluck the strings, and other
> things
> > you do..
> > 
> > but just strumming the guitar is like taking a 303 and playing a riff
> > without ever twiddling knobs.
> 
> Or taking a 303 and twiddling the knobs....  Go strum a 303 music makers!