"kurt(bway.net)" wrote:
quoted 11 lines obviously a bunch of IDM artists have this or that in common with
>
> obviously a bunch of IDM artists have this or that in common with
> various composers who do the concert hall/opera house gigs, but I
> don't think the critical and academic apparatus that surrounds
> classical music is particularly appropriate for most IDM. IDM, which
> is clearly derived from popular forms, is essentially less rigorous
> but also less pretentious than most contemporary classical music.
> Personally, I can't stand most of the crap I hear coming out of
> classical music schools these days, so I'm satisfied that IDM is more
> of a "middlebrow" art.
>
Just because someone is a supposedly 'trained' composer doesn't mean
they know more about creating great and lasting art/music than anyone
else. (Take it from me, I'm doing a graduate degree right now...)
I think it's a mistake to accept this high/low art dichotomy in the
first place, I don't believe it helps us to understand what's going on
with different genres of music.
Personally I think there is more important contemporary work happening
in IDM than the academic world, so it doesn't make sense to me to say
that music coming out of conservatories is by definition 'higher' in
some sense.
John
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John von Seggern
DJ/producer
Digital Cutup Lounge
Hong Kong
http://www.digitalcutuplounge.com
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