quoted 8 lines But if you take away the "crap melodies" and leave in the "ticking, clickin> >But if you take away the "crap melodies" and leave in the "ticking, clicking
> >scratchy bollocks" it still remains pretty interesting though.
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> To you, maybe.
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> ObTroll: What does the "M" stand for in "IDM," again?
>
> C.
I guess you're not a subscriber to the (post-)Futurist/Cagean views of what is
considered to be of "musical" value. As an IDM related example of what I was
referring to I'd cite Farmers Manual whose lack of melody I find infinitely more
interesting than any of the Ae rip-offs I hear constant praising of on this
list.
One thing that tape/electronic music has demonstrated is that you can create a
piece through non-melodic motivic development (i.e. Pierre Henry,etc., etc.). I
always assume that people have come to terms with this concept and I find it
puzzling when people on this list start arguing about melodic content, etc..
Like Drew said it's kind of a moot point when you're talking about IDM.
While we're on the topic of Ae/melody I think what would help Ae get over the
creative slump they seem to be in at the moment would be to learn how to write a
B(/C/D/etc.) section. They've been doing this A/A'... thing for 6-7 years now. I
love Ae just as much as everybody else, but after listening to this monotony for
an hour or so I literally just fall asleep.
Andrei