Re: (idm) []pusher & recommendations

From gideon
Sent Wed, Jul 7th 1999, 16:12

> please define:  "song".
> please site examples and references.
> i was under the impression all the idm stuff i had was in the form of
> song.

Well - I didn't get that one by you eh? Well - to me there are TRACKS
and there are SONGS - if you stop for a moment, you can probably see
where I'm going with this.

Songs are more structured it seems whereas tracks are more like... I
don't know... um just music... Songs tend to have melodies, many tracks
don't.

I'm not fully in tune with what IDM is - I actually think it's a stupid
name - anything with the word 'intelligent' in it makes me wonder...
like the CIA! It's like when some company releases a product or service
and they slap on the word 'Professional' - always makes me question the
true value... if something is intelligent or professional, then it
doesn't need to be stated as such.

So... songs... well, lets see - I write music - some of what I write are
songs - others are tracks - the stuff I write on guitar I tend to call
songs - the stuff I create with my synths/sampler/computer/sequencer - I
call tracks. WHY? because the guitar stuff is more "song" oriented in
terms of progressions, musical structure, a chorus, verse, etc. My
TRACKS on the otherhand move from this comfort into a more non-linear
environment - it's more of an sonic exploration.

A lot of the music I now buy leans towards TRACKS - I tend to feel that
a lot of electronic music can be defined more as tracks than songs. It's
really a useless thing to define - but it's an interesting one to
contemplate.

After thinking more about it - "Music is" has a blend of SONGS and
TRACKS.

I don't think I explained myself well - but hey, I'm usually still in
bed at this hour!

Sorry I couldn't site references for you - I have a shitload of work to
do today including some silly meetings.

-- 
Hasta,

Gideon
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