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From:
swamay
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Josh Bown ,
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Date:
Tue, 10 Apr 2001 15:19:36 -0700
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Re: [idm] Re: What do you expect from IDM musicians on stage?
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quoted 4 lines If you're not using technology developed within the last 6 months, you're> If you're not using technology developed within the last 6 months, you're > a reflection of the past. Please, if you have a serious dedication towards > forwarding electronic music technology, don't use any synthesizers or > samplers.
I agree with that statement. Be an innovator. Either way have fun though! ~swamay~ www.mp3.com/swamay www.swamay.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Bown" <josh@undertone.com> To: <idm@hyperreal.org> Cc: <aschrock@cs.brandeis.edu> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 1:56 PM Subject: [idm] Re: What do you expect from IDM musicians on stage?
quoted 30 lines man, hopefully you are kidding or else you must be both rich and also> man, hopefully you are kidding or else you must be both rich and also > the musical gadget industry's best customer! > > The sound created by organic means is infinitely more complex and > beautiful than the sound generated by DSP processes.... I would consider > the sound of a waterfall for instance or the ocean or insects at night > (and not on CD) to be greater than the entire output of all IDM artists > put together.... probably greater than all sounds made by humanity > itself throughout our entire history.... In the same way as a real > sunset is more beautiful than any work of art or photography by > humans... Of course this is my bias... maybe some of you think a dog > turd on the sidewalk is the most beautiful thing... it is still > nature.... > > in essence, DSP processes are at their root natural, because math and > the physics of sound on which the algorithims are based originate in > nature, but they are like the genetic engineering of sound... they are > like the human reductionistic tendency taken to the extreme and applied > to the nature of sound... > > I am sure that whatever music you create using Kyma or whatever will > have melody in it, right? or rythym???? if it doesn't have melody, > rythym, tones, etc.... is it music? is noise music? is silence music? is > my fart music? > > anyway... peace out.... I need to get back to work writing code..... > > Andrew Schrock wrote: > > > > If you're not using technology developed within the last 6 months,
you're
quoted 1 line a reflection of the past. Please, if you have a serious dedication> > a reflection of the past. Please, if you have a serious dedication
towards
quoted 6 lines forwarding electronic music technology, don't use any synthesizers or> > forwarding electronic music technology, don't use any synthesizers or > > samplers. > > > > Andrew > > > > PS: Anybody not using Kyma is a fag too, Atom Heart and Autechre, you
are
quoted 7 lines the only ones off the hook.> > the only ones off the hook. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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