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Re: [idm] time to fish or cut bait
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my, what sagely advice....are you a social worker or are you really posthuman? if so - whats the score with skam records? are you involved or did you just use a bullshit line to sell your cd-r's? p.s. nice work on the cd-r. i dont like track 4 or the last one but the rest is excellent. james
quoted 103 lines From: j d <oberheim_thief@yahoo.co.uk>>From: j d <oberheim_thief@yahoo.co.uk> >To: bio-computing@sas.upenn.edu >CC: idm@hyperreal.org >Subject: Re: [idm] time to fish or cut bait >Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 15:51:28 +0000 (GMT) > >everyone > >there has been much bitching about music and styles >today...but one thing eludes me; > >what is DSP ? someone let me know! :) > >anyway - no need to bitch. if you dont like it, dont >buy it. surely everyone has the right to write and >listen to whatever they want! i'm sure plenty of >people dont get into our stuff - every style has its >place and its people! > >peace > >posthuman > > >--- Alex Reynolds <reynolda@sas.upenn.edu> wrote: > > >Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 01:57:33 -0600 > > > From: Matt U <mattu@mindspring.com> > > > Subject: Re: [idm] old vs. new autechre > > > > > > Personally, I give even less credence to the > > "let's see if you can do > > > better" argument than the "they ain't what they > > used to be" argument, > > > and that's not saying much. > > > > okay, but why? > > > > in turn, i will ask, "why does you want quad, penta, > > sexta repetae?" > > autechre could have copied themselves over and again > > and easily > > ensured their fan-base and livelihood. is that what > > you folks are > > after? > > > > there is something to be said for artists who decide > > to keep > > challenging themselves -- and the listener, at the > > risk of alienating > > him/her -- after reaching a level of critical > > success. suakrates says > > it best: "i'll keep my fans forever learners..." the > > baseball players > > that hit homeruns also get struck out occasionally, > > but you remember > > their names and it's fun to watch them play. > > > > let autechre worry about autechre... > > > > in turn, i will ask the same question i asked months > > ago: "why are a > > majority of 'musicians' today making their living on > > the gimmick of a > > particular type of sound?" and, yes, i am talking > > about the > > "DSP-fuckery" cadre of musicians -- you know who you > > are -- who sell > > stylistic technique under the guise of creative > > substance. > > > > to me, what it boils down to are a dearth of > > creative sense and a > > glut of plug-ins that make pretty much any laptop > > owner under 20 an > > "artist" and a media darling. > > > > all that i can do as a listener is wait for the > > dross to settle. > > (failing that, i can always fall back on folk music. > > it's always been > > good to me.) > > > > selah, > > a. > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > >____________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk >or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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