From Drusca Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 00:29
From Drusca Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 00:29
> >But if you take away the "crap melodies" and leave in the "ticking, clicking > >scratchy bollocks" it still remains pretty interesting though. > > To you, maybe. > > ObTroll: What does the "M" stand for in "IDM," again? > > C. I guess you're not a subscriber to the (post-)Futurist/Cagean views of what is considered to be of "musical" value. As an IDM related example of what I was referring to I'd cite Farmers Manual whose lack of melody I find infinitely more interesting than any of the Ae rip-offs I hear constant praising of on this list. One thing that tape/electronic music has demonstrated is that you can create a piece through non-melodic motivic development (i.e. Pierre Henry,etc., etc.). I always assume that people have come to terms with this concept and I find it puzzling when people on this list start arguing about melodic content, etc.. Like Drew said it's kind of a moot point when you're talking about IDM. While we're on the topic of Ae/melody I think what would help Ae get over the creative slump they seem to be in at the moment would be to learn how to write a B(/C/D/etc.) section. They've been doing this A/A'... thing for 6-7 years now. I love Ae just as much as everybody else, but after listening to this monotony for an hour or so I literally just fall asleep. Andrei