On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Tim Gill wrote:
quoted 3 lines And when have you ever hit> And when have you ever hit
> random keys on the piano and come out with a masterpiece. You have to have
> talent to compose valid music.
Well, the name John Cage does spring to mind...there are probably many
examples of masterpieces created by hitting essentially random keys on the
piano (I simply am not familiar enough with modern classical music to name
them). And I'll state again - talent is not (no longer?) a requirement
that must be fufuilled before creating "valid music". If you created a
slamming track while fooling around with ReBirth, I would consider it to
be every bit as valid as a track created by Photek, Juan Atkins, etc.
What you have to rememeber is that "valid" is not a universally defined
concept. I consider noise music to be "valid" but many either do not or
do not even think that it is music. Play some IDM for your grandparents
and you might get the old "What the hell is this noise? This isn't
music!" reaction.
Music is no longer the exclusive property of the formally educated.
quoted 1 line With the Rebirth, you don't need talent. As I've said, a monkey could do it.> With the Rebirth, you don't need talent. As I've said, a monkey could do it.
I keep meaning to let my monkey try it out, but the fucker always gets
bananas all over my computer every time he uses it.
Out 2 Lunch With Lunchmeat,
Paul
wesley@interaccess.com