1. I'm not sure what you mean.
2. I don't own a thesaurus.
3. There is never a moment during my day when I am not listening to music.
4. Why the animosity?
5. By your comments I don't think you understood a word I said.
6. Cheers
Twine sound wrote:
quoted 126 lines "How is what I am hearing part of something else? How and with what >does
> >"How is what I am hearing part of something else? How and with what >does
> >it work?"
>
> if you don't understand this, you need to listen to more music. ;)
>
> Chris, you should spend less time with your thesaurus, and more time
> listening to music. ;)
>
> (See long winded writing below)
>
> Peace . . .
> Chad
>
> >From: Christophe McKeon <c.mckeon@rcn.com>
> >CC: idm@hyperreal.org
> >Subject: Re: [idm] Detroit in the news
> >Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 12:41:59 -0400
> >
> >A "catalyst" as far as I am informed. Is that which makes some kind of
> >reaction/transformation possible, which at least in chemistry, would not
> >have
> >taken place w/o its presence. Kind of like the element which brings the
> >whole
> >ensemble to a more active state. A 'key' of sorts, opening up the
> >possibility
> >of emergent and synergistic behavior of the entire ensemble, whatever it
> >may
> >be. I think it is safe to say that this is also it's adopted vernacular
> >meaning. I think if we want to talk about catalysts, we should perhaps be
> >talking about the relationship between humans and machines after the advent
> >of
> >the transistor. In other words, music has been around for ever, and
> >"electronic
> >music" was thought up, at least in theory, far before any body actually
> >built
> >the machines capable of making it. The catalyst in this case is the
> >technology,
> >particularly the transistor, and the tremendous variety of new music,
> >culture,
> >and ideas which have proliferated since it's 'birth', the "reaction". It is
> >obvious that people have been making all kinds of music using electronic
> >instruments, as Behn wrote, "all over the world", and I think it is
> >ludicrous
> >to point to any one place as it's point of origin. The whole issue is
> >problematic, and to reduce it's genealogy to a punctal and linear
> >progression
> >doesn't really do it justice. In fact even to think of the technology as
> >catalyst needs to be thought about, since technology and music have existed
> >for
> >a very long time. I would even venture the contention that they both
> >predate
> >the advent of what we now like to call 'homo sapiens'. Animals are quite
> >capable of artifice and engineering, and as we all know, making music as
> >well
> >(just open your window).
> >Here I will most likely be charged with anthropomorphising the question,
> >but I
> >would argue, that it is more of a case of geomorphisis, i.e. we are
> >animals,
> >and we make music just like all the other animals. What goes through a
> >little
> >birds mind as it alights my window sill and is bombarded by tweeky, high
> >pitched noise breaks? I can assure you that something does, even if it
> >isn't
> >the words "I hate that techno stuff, it's so soulless and unbirdlike".
> >Back to the point; I think that when people look for points of origins,
> >grounds, roots, they are more often than not motivated by some force other
> >than
> >trying to really understand the way whichever system they are looking at
> >actually 'becomes'. And 'becoming', in music or any where else involves
> >transverse and viroid cross-contamination. Do you need a "Big bang" or a
> >"Genesis" to make the world intelligible? Why not have indeterminate open
> >ended
> >origins - just as music has not yet been put through the histrionic mill;
> >no
> >one would argue that there is some kind of a final state in store for it.
> >The question which I think would be interesting to ask in this case: "How
> >is
> >what I am hearing part of something else? How and with what does it work?"
> >Regards,
> >Christophe
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Kurtis Behn wrote:
> >
> > > > I'm amused by this... just by reading a book or watching a
> >documentary
> > > > you can get the full history of electronic music... i must admit both
> >are
> > > > good resources for what has occurred in the history of electronic
> >music,
> > > > but detroit is NOT the catalyst for launching electronic music.
> > >
> > > > In fact, I'd tend to believe every section of this earth has had a
> >part in
> > > > launching electronic music... from the "techno pioneers" in detroit
> >to
> > > > the warehouse and garage djs in chicago and nyc to the d&b creators in
> >the
> > > > UK to john cage in champaign/urbana, IL basically every section of
> >earth
> > > > has had *some* part in making electronic music what it is today.
> > >
> > > While I tend to believe/agree with your second paragraph, I don't think
> >that
> > > that conflicts with the previous statement about detroit. I think
> >you're
> > > misunderstanding what was meant by catalyst, as in a jump start, not
> > > necessarily the source of all things electronic.
> > >
> > > k
> > >
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