From artist Sent Fri, Feb 5th 1999, 19:32
From artist Sent Fri, Feb 5th 1999, 19:32
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:41:30 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >Music IS mathematics to me, I think music is a billion trillion = equations >with just a smattering of random number generators feeding values to the >equations, which would be things like the weather, or your mood, or >relative degree of intoxication -- whatever influences your songwriting >process. i wonder what coltrane would have to say about all this. >i'm not saying autechre couldn't have been boring. most likely they = just >needed more equations. what they need is to get out of their rut and produce something inspiring instead of mind-numbing. their ideal of sterility and precision is flawed and pretentious. bernard parmegiani really did do it better, and with much more imagination, 12-15 years ago. some day they'll break and realise that the convoluted path they've taken was mostly a waste of time. >face it, if you use any kind of sequencer, your music CAN be transcribed >into an equation. maybe music can be broken down into a series of numbers. in that sense, music /is/ mathematics. but if that's all you get from music, then what's the point? motto for today - the medium isn't the message!