I would say John Cage had a background as a musician but that when he
was going all wacky he was really being a "sonic experimentalist" or
something.... He was inspired by his own musicianship perhaps...
or maybe I am just a crotchety stubborn conservative traditionalist who
needs to wake up, smell the revolution and have a cup of purple
kool-aid.
Philip Sherburne wrote:
quoted 18 lines I also don't necessarily think a DJ is a "musician," but I think your>
> I also don't necessarily think a DJ is a "musician," but I think your
> definition:
> > I am talking about those people who practiced scales, arpeggios, keys,
> > modes, etc... and have an understanding of music theory
> > etc... and then
> > perform live in real time on an instrument utilizing that
> > knowledge and
> > practice to impress a croud.
>
> Is simply too narrow. That's fine for one particular strain - the
> "classically-trained musician," perhaps, or the "formally schooled
> musician," but there are all kinds and stripes out there. Some are idiot
> savants. Some are unabahsed noisemakers. Some play mixing desks. John
> Cage did all of what you said, but he also played toys and tapes and ideas.
> Are the latter activities therefore not "musicianly," even if he was?
>
>
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