why u care about how musicians make their music ??
are you that type of guy who watch a dj at a party ??
u think that only with a "fractal" ,image software u can build an entire
track with complex rythm and ambiance ??
oh oh..do the same so..use it !!! and send me the track ,he he
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Hall <edhall@screech.weirdnoise.com>
To: Ill-tempered Deity Materializes <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] IDM now
quoted 2 lines "Matt ___" <qestseq@hotmail.com> wrote:> "Matt ___" <qestseq@hotmail.com> wrote:
> : The problem with most IDM and electronic music nowadays is that the
human
quoted 58 lines : feel and sound has been taken out of it.> : feel and sound has been taken out of it.
>
> Not quite. The problem with most IDM and electronic music nowadays
> is that many artists no longer are putting "the human feel and sound"
> back into it. But I don't think you can blame the tools for the
> laziness of those who use them.
>
> Software doesn't make the humanization of music any harder -- it
> never was easy, and never will be easy, whatever the medium. But the
> techniques will have to be different. And it might be the case that
> "humanization" isn't always what's missing when music goes flat.
>
> Let me give you an example of what I'm talking about. Let's say
> that Musician Bob uses the Woodmaker Fractalizer to generate a five-
> minute musical fractal (whatever that is). Using its intuitive GUI
> interface, he selected from dozen of parameters and in less than an
> hour came up with a product that virtually set his ears on fire.
>
> Bob hears so much of interest in his new sound-product that he makes
> it a track on his new "Bob's Throbbing Blobs" CD. Bob's many fans
> listen to the track, and many of them also find it so interesting
> that their ears are also ablaze.
>
> What's missing from this picture, if anything? I'm sure some folks
> would say that absolutely nothing is missing -- Bob's fans expect to
> be taken on a thrilling sonic ride by his CD's, and he delivered.
> But others might say that something vital is missing. Where's Bob?
> The most one can say is that Bob "discovered" the track somewhere
> inside the Woodmaker Fractalizer after an hour of exploring and
> listening.
>
> Perhaps the situation is best described in terms of the sound-product
> itself. We experience it much as Bob did -- as a discovery. And
> the discovery is as much ours as his. We gain no insight into Bob's
> experiences, ideas, or intents, other than his ability to recognize a
> sound-product that we also find enjoyable. Bob didn't interpret the
> musical fractal, or adorn it, or do anything to share his experience
> of it. Not a drop of his "humanity" is there.
>
> Frankly, I have no problem with this situation. My excitement and
> interest in a piece of music depend as much on my own humanity as
> that of the musicians (and sometimes programmers) who create the music.
> Though I'd find a steady diet of such work to be dry and lifeless, I'd
> be bored by a steady diet of any one musical form. Variety isn't just
> the spice of life, it is its meat.
>
> -Ed
>
>
> -Ed
>
>
>
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