From James R McPherson Sent Fri, Mar 12th 1999, 22:58
From James R McPherson Sent Fri, Mar 12th 1999, 22:58
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 15:56:35 -0500 Tom Millar <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxx> writes: >I appreciate >that which complements my imagination, and freeform doesn't. Simple as >that. Don't get the idea that I believe in absolutes regarding art (or that I am trying to be blatantly offensive), but this kind of argument contributes little to the purpose of the list, right? Instead of just telling all of us that one's taste disinclines one to appreciate a recording or artist, why not describe the specific reasons why? As in, "his drum patterns are shite", or "at 1:30 in the 2nd track, the artist veers off into a static-filled hiss that distracts me from my surroundings" or some other such nonsense like that. I realize that we are all busy people and cannot possibly take the time to list all the reasons we dislike certain things, but we can TRY. Perhaps that would do away with a large part of the endless stream of "I like it, you don't you-elitist-pea-brained-poser" dialogue. Yeah, I'll probably get lambasted for this post, but appreciation is the key to our music. If we can't explain why (for at least some tracks), there is no way to indoctrinate new recruits into the IDM army, except for "either you get it or you don't". Then again, maybe it's just my personal taste to like explanations ; ) By the way, can anyone review a couple of the Sons of Silence albums for me? I've got _Silence FM_ and a couple Leaf comp tracks and was wondering how good the rest of their recordings measure up to these. Oh yeah, I "like" Sons of Silence. J (not trying to be insulting) np: Sons of Silence _Silence FM_ ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]