At 04:20 PM 8/9/2002 -0400, you wrote:
quoted 11 lines that said, of course, I DO understand your reference to mindless music.> > that said, of course, I DO understand your reference to mindless music.
> It's
> > just sometimes I feel that the emphasis on traditional theory is just
> as much
> > an arbitrary decision as anything else. Perharps just a bitter academic?
>
>On the other hand, if more modern musicians knew about theory, they might
>realize the hidden possibilities inherent in music and not focus so much on
>being 'sound-alikes'. From Ives to Cage to Thaemlitz, music's most
>successful experimental composers and artists have been steeped in theory,
>which then gave them a framework to escape from.
It'll never happen in IDM though. Unless some company develops a "music
theory" plugin. Far too many modern electronic artists would rather have
things automated than have to spend time learning or creating something.
derek
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