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From:
Kurt Hoffman
To:
Hackett, Kelley M. , Ed Hall
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Date:
Mon, 29 Oct 2001 13:32:18 -0500
Subject:
RE: [idm] Eno's opinion of 'computer music'
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quoted 2 lines music should be an>music should be an >emotional canvass, and computers dont have these.
computers, however lifeless, are tools, just as much as drumsticks and K-Y jelly. emotions are fueled by minds, which can be profoundly moved by stimuli as chilly and abstract as printed text.
quoted 2 lines BTW, I have been eating "Midnight Rendezvous" by Other People Place for>BTW, I have been eating "Midnight Rendezvous" by Other People Place for >breakfast each morning....and I still cant get enough of it!
like that guy doesn't use a sequencer?
quoted 2 lines music out now aint shit, has no lasting power and its all electronic and>music out now aint shit, has no lasting power and its all electronic and >thought based.
odd to hear this assertion at a moment where electronic, computer-driven music dominates dance clubs. i think this epoch in music will go down like many others. It'll fall from fashion, sound awful for awhile, only to sound fascinatingly 'of its time' later on. (Ah! the music of the Pre-Nuclear Winter era!! so charming -- you can almost hear the sunlight!) for those of us living through the era, we can understand how it all fits together in a way that will be unavailable to future generations. we can appreciate the transient contributions of minor artists who will doubtless be forgotten later. there's no reason to be cynical about music of passing interest. what the hell, it's good to be alive. k --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org