From Oxybate Sent Sun, Oct 26th 1997, 01:28
From Oxybate Sent Sun, Oct 26th 1997, 01:28
A friend asked me a few days ago, how I was able to stand
ambient/electronic music. After explaining to him that I wsn't STANDING
it, but enjoying it, he asked my how I listened to it. I explained that I
listened to this "boring" with a different mindset than I would
commercial/mainstream tunes.
BUT....this question struck me. I have wondered about this for awhile,
but it seems that only now have I gathered my thoughts, although you may
find this rambling still quite chaotic:).
Ambient/electronic music and its diversion from the standard convention
of composition and comprehension, has truly made an impact on my life. It
has allowed me to grasp new and somewhat "alien" conecpts in earnest and
with an open mind. If there is anything I enjoy more than the music, it
is the ability to walk down the street and listen to the 'soundtrack' of
life. There have been many times where i have heard a sound, and it
struck me as something beautiful; I have said to my friends countless
times, "Damn, I should've sampled that!". I have even learned to force
myself to appreciate sounds that initially would annoy me - I feel I can
MAKE almost anything become a work of music. Some of you may think that
it is quite perverse to have to refit something into the framework of
music for me to enjoy or tolerate it. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. What
do you all think?
Sorry for the rambling....
A. Mukerjee
Vassar College
"Laws are like cobwebs; where the small flies get caught but the big
break ones through."
- Unknown