From chad mossholder Sent Tue, Aug 10th 1999, 16:41
From chad mossholder Sent Tue, Aug 10th 1999, 16:41
My point was, in saying to use the tools in new ways, is to advance the state of music. To innovate. :) It's a personal goal, but important for the evolution of sound. Chad . . . :) >From: "Bordeaux, Ethan" <xxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx> >To: chad mossholder <xxxxx_xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx>, xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx >Subject: RE: (idm) Re: DSP plugin >Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 11:38:32 -0400 > >i agree that it's good to use whatever technology you can, but i don't >necessarily believe that you have to use it ways no one else has. the >point >should be to use technology to create whatever vision you have trapped in >your >head. if it involves implementing traditional techniques that's fine. >focusing >on using tools in ways they've never been used before feels like an >avant-garde >motivation. however, i feel electronic music is most effective when it >involves >both a strong internal motivation from the composer AND techniques of >creating/finding sound that may not have been considered in the past. > >on a related note - i think it's pretty neat that a lot of my favorite >artists >are influenced by avant-garde electronics, even though they might not >necessarily sound very much like them. it's the melding of "academic >sound" and >music that i'm most fascinated with right now... > >ethan > > > ---------- > > From: chad mossholder[SMTP:xxxxx_xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 11.10 AM > > To: Bordeaux, Ethan; xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > > Subject: Re: (idm) Re: DSP plugin > > > > > > I understand the point here. I guess the key is to utilize whatever > > technology you can, push it as far as you can and use it in ways that no >one > > else is (which is damn near impossible sometimes ;) ) Anyhow, I >agree > > that it must be well crafted with a great attention to detail. EP7 >achieves > > certainly achieves this. But then, so do Cage compositions that are >relying > > on Chance Operations. But, he generated these systems to achieve a >desired > > end. I guess my point is do whatever you have to, use whatever you have >to, > > just thor*ough*ly think out every minute detail. :) > > > > Chad . . . > > twine . . . > > http://home.earthlink.net/~twinesound > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com