quoted 8 lines Look what drugs have done for music, and appreciate it.
> > Look what drugs have done for music, and appreciate it.
>
> Yeah, you _should_ look at what drugs have done for music and look
> at all the wasted talent throughout history. Sure drugs can have
> certain effects on the creation of music (not speaking from
> personal experience), but artists compose amazing music because
> they're extremely talented, not because they were stoned or drunk
> while composing.
for sure, drugs don't make people creative. the way i see it is that
they (they being alcohol and marijuana because i have no experience
with any others) along with some other slight effects, bring out more
of who you are by decreasing inhibitions, increasing confidence. moreso
with marijuana; so an annoying person usually just gets more annoying,
a creative person gets more interesting/creative (not that they are now
having more interesting thoughts, although usually they can focus on and
develop them more quickly, although then attention spans are sometimes
shortened), etc. so i think being stoned can allow one to focus on
thoughts (& therefore images & sounds) and the creative act more (for
one who is already creative). personally i've still never made music
under any influence, don't know why, probably because i'm not often
on something and alone, but it's not at all necessary to enter the
music-creation process. and if it is, then i can't imagine the music
being made while stoned or not by that person being very interesting.
quoted 5 lines I was watching an interview with "jazz legend" and ex-drug consumer Lee
> I was watching an interview with "jazz legend" and ex-drug consumer Lee
> Konitz recently and he was saying that music created under the
> influence needs to be listened to under the influence for it to sound
> as good as it did while you were creating it and that it usually
> sounds terrible when you listen back to it and you're not stoned.
really strange. i don't think that's true. i've heard autechre usually
compose stoned and it doesn't lose anything in the conversion "back to
reality". although do you leave reality or just another way of looking at
and thinking about it? if it is so much better while stoned, their stuff
must be more amazing than anything ever while stoned! =)
quoted 3 lines Watching some guy click a mouse isn't exciting. Watching someone like
> >Watching some guy click a mouse isn't exciting. Watching someone like
> >Lexaunculpt isn't riveting, but I find watching four guys plucking
> >strings and hitting drums to be just as boring.
about all this live stuff, i think electronic musicians are still
searching for a way to do a really good live show. the ones that combine
acoustic instruments and electronics like matmos, and mom (haven't seen
their show though) are successful i think. for all-electronics, something
needs to be done. first, most don't want or know how to improvise, and
the improvisation of one person on all these 'instruments' usually can't
come out as good as when they sit down and detailedly edit for hours.
so multi-person electronics 'bands' are more likely. they need a new
interface, not a laptop keyboard, and they need to want to play in a
different way than editing on a computer. so playing live probably isn't
for everyone. anyone who can build some interesting control device should
do it, it's desired and could make a lot of money. i don't know what it
could be though, well i've thought about it and have some ideas but still,
what could you actually make detailed electronic music in realtime with
(with 3 other people if need be). we've actually done it, completely
improvised electronic music made as you hear it from the speakers, but
the interfaces are still not that interesting to watch - synth keyboards,
computer keyboards, mice, knobs on effects boxes. it's good. look
for it on an upcoming kracfive release. but would you like to watch 3
guys running around either playing notes on keyboards or quick keyboard
typing and knob turning? of course the other problem is it was all in
a "studio", so dragging all this gear to a venue (or on tour!) is so
much more stressful and difficult than a laptop+radio+effects.
then there's the Cex approach. which is not as much musical performance
but rather reallife acting performance. go to those shows he
mentioned, he's got some fat humor under his belt and up his sleevie,
some sarcastic devil he is. full of guts. it's really funny and even
if you dont think so, at least he's got your attention eh?
quoted 1 line I've just noticed that "West" was reissued on CD. And this fact has woken
> I've just noticed that "West" was reissued on CD. And this fact has woken
up
quoted 1 line my long timed interest in this collective (or person) The only thing I've
> my long timed interest in this collective (or person) The only thing I've
yes, get it
quoted 2 lines The problem with most IDM and electronic music nowadays is that the human
> The problem with most IDM and electronic music nowadays is that the human
> feel and sound has been taken out of it. Now that everyone is using
trackers
quoted 1 line and software of the sort, MIDI has been gridded and segmented so everything
> and software of the sort, MIDI has been gridded and segmented so everythingquoted 2 lines is programed and sounds like it is right out of a computer. This really
> is programed and sounds like it is right out of a computer. This really
> shortens the lengths to which electronic music can be taken.
you warped lunatic!
a segment always has a midpoint, and the two new segments have midpoints
and...
not enough people use the midpoints? not enough people use non-default
settings? nothing to do with the tools.
christawienfwahwenmemiemumopher
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