Re: (idm) The Big Question...

From Keith Reinert
Sent Wed, Jul 8th 1998, 22:09

>should music be liked because of the difficulty of it's production?

i don't think so.  (i was just talking about this with someone else).  i
tend to like tracks that sound different.  nothing is worse then getting a
generic trance or d&b cd.  i have so many of them it's hard to tell which
one is which.  the cds that get the most use by me tend to be the ones that
stand out.

> I still love simple music like Selected  ambient Works 2

IMHO, SAW2 is anything but simple :) - maybe to make the cd was simple (i
have No idea how it was made) but the end result isn't simple

anyway... yes sometimes i'm in the mood for something extremely complex.
other times i'm not, all depends what i'm looking for

>Basically, I'm a music snob.

Isn't that part of the secret IDM oath?  being a music snob? :)

>-because we can tell that a lot of blood sweat and tears went into making
>the music, which is appreciated by the listener..

to me, the amount of work means nothing, or rather, very little.  to
explain my opinion, i'll have to go off topic, (i'll be quick) i like
abstract art better than photo-realistic art.  reasoning?   i think
photo-realistic art is a waste of time.  why bother?  just use a camera! :)
i mean, should we all love Artist X because he spent YEARS painting a scene
that looks as good as a camera?  i don't think so, yea, he's a talented
painter but come on!   SOME abstract art on the other hand,  can be made
within an hour and sold for thousands.  again, the ideas and end results
are whats important to me.  yea, yea i know music and art are different but
i'm just trying to be clear

(please remember this is my opinion  :)


>-because very melodic music is not always that complicated but can still be
>very emotional and touching

very true!

Another point.  What woudl you say about a sound program called Raider.  (I
don't have the url at this time, email me and i can get it for you) Anyway
if you aren't familar w/ the program, allow me to explain.  It searches
your hard drive for .wav files and plays them all, at different speeds,
tones, channels, etc.  everytime you run the program its random, the
computer does all the work.  you just listen.  the results are sometimes
not so good, but most of the time, it sounds CRAZY.  has to be one of the
coolest noise programs i have.

heeh - some of the tapes i recorded of this make me jealous that a machine
can do something so easily (WHY AM I WASTING MY TIME) :)

my point:  the tape sounds good, although its not something i created, and
it was simple to make.  yet....its very complex at times.  - and i didn't
do a darn thing. :)

anyway i blabbed enough have fun


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