Re: (idm) JungleSky

From Andrew Hime
Sent Mon, Oct 26th 1998, 23:47

> xxxx@xxxx.xx.xxx wrote:
> > > well, this makes sense in light of j. lesesne having a near-criminal 
> > > aversion to tuning her samples.
> > Here's the research I go through when listening to music:
> > Do I like it?
> > Where can I find it?
> > Who gives a fuck whether samples are in tune? You music majors sicken 
> > me.
> 
> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
> Well I wasn't going to jump up when xxxxx@xxxx.xxx mentioned the tuning,
> but doesn't anyone else find the vicious response of yet another
> tone-deaf person *a little bit* amusing (or should I say depressing)?

Does anyone find the fact that there are wankers on IDM surprising? I've
discussed this personally with a close friend who has studied music for
quite a while, and we both came to this conclusion:

There is such a thing as thinking TOO MUCH about music.

I live in a town with the most pointlessly famous jazz school (Denton, TX
- UNT) - and there are way too many people around here who are too
closedminded to even recognize music created whole with synths as valid.
So musical Luddites bother me in many various forms.

> Two things, hime: Firstly, recognizing whether something's in tune or
> not has nothing to do with studying music; a lot of people with no
> knowledge of musical notation or anything take it into account.
> Secondly, we discussed this all less than a week ago and I think by now
> it's fairly clear that conservatively around a third of the people on
> this list care about whether samples are in tune.

Okay, and?

> Do I like a piece of music? Not if the tuning drives me crazy.

Oh well. I personally, can get above/beyond/around/whatever it.

> In other news... The Carpet Bomb comp "Highways Over Gardens" is still
> BRILLIANT. nd yes, there are wonkily-tuned bits in it, but stylistically
> they're fine. When something is meant to sound honky, or meant to sound
> queasy, hey fine.

Speaking of Honky, stay tuned for more... even if I did just insult "one
third" of the list.