quoted 65 lines From: "J.P.L'asthme Fawn" <ignorantdancemusic@yahoo.com>
>From: "J.P.L'asthme Fawn" <ignorantdancemusic@yahoo.com>
>To: doeznot allow <skitzobiatch@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [idm] The truth about shit
>Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 16:33:20 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>--- doeznot allow <skitzobiatch@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Whats this incessant need to control the listener?
> >
>
>it's not a need to control the individual listener.
>it's a part of the idea that when you write you music,
>you hope it will effect people a certain way. now,
>it's probably relatively infrequent that someone
>successfully achieves that goal, but when someone
>is talking over your music, it means that they're not
>even trying to fulfill the listeners side of the
>bargain. music is communication. if i were talking
>to you and you just started talking to someone else,
>i'd have a right to get pissed off, no?
>that's what music is... obviously there are situations
>where it's alright to talk over music, and even
>preferable... when brian eno spoke about his early
>ambient music he said that he wanted to write a music
>that people didn't focus on or listen to in an active
>sense, he wanted it to be a part of the din of the
>room. i know that some of erik satie's music was
>meant
>to be listened to in that fashion.
>when i play a show, i know that some people are going
>to talk and that doesn't really bother me, i would
>just
>rather they went to a different part of the venue so
>that the people who would rather hear the music than
>the voices of people trying to compete volume-wise
>with
>the sounds wouldn't have to get frustrated to listen.
>i've never had the problem of feeling drowned out by
>conversation, but if i did i think i would send out a
>fuck you of a feedback loop.
>and i don't think there's anything wrong with wanting
>people's attention. i don't have any problem
>admitting
>that my music is a way for me to try and attract
>peoples' attention... it's a futher extension of my
>peacock's feathers, if you will.
>who doesn't crave attention. i don't make music to
>be ignored... who does?
>
>gregory
>
>
>
>=====
>)the fawn
>)"i thought when i started playing
>)shows i'd meet a lot of really cool
>)people, but most of the people i've
>)met just want me to copy software
>)for them"
>
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