At 07:28 AM 3/29/2001 -0500, R. Lim wrote:
quoted 14 lines pick out the "best" things and plops them together. I think his "side> > pick out the "best" things and plops them together. I think his "side
> > project" as Polygon Window didn't fit this scheme - it sounds like an
> album
> > created from one or two main ideas. Of course, I could be wrong too.
>
>Might I propose that (IQ factor aside) even compilations can be sequenced
>effectively? I mean, to treat it as a mere assemblage of unconnected
>contributions is to cement its "for novices and completists only" status.
>For instance, a film director will often choose to cut a scene that he/she
>really likes, just because it interrupts the flow of the larger work.
>How often do you think this happens when a label puts together a comp?
>I'm not suggesting that it's necessary to makes these sacrifices (or even
>really pragmatically feasible), but the fact that you can often tell is
>kind of a bummer.
Yeah, I think that there are definitely compilations that are very cohesive
(and of course the opposite end of the spectrum). I think that cohesive
compilations are a little more prevalent on independent labels due to the
fact that most indie labels strive for a certain sound (usually one that
the label founders enjoy), and then compile tracks in a more "logical"
order. I think it also shows whether the person(s) putting the compilation
together create music of their own or not, too, since compilations put
together by salesmen always seem to be rather boring...
It explains why a compilation "album" by Richard James has a pretty decent
flow to it, and why your run-of-the-mill "greatest hits" cd usually blows.
quoted 2 lines ps- does anybody else think it's funny that Boards of Canada evoke>ps- does anybody else think it's funny that Boards of Canada evoke
>nostalgia in an audience that is decades off from a mid-life crisis?
We're either prone for mid-life crisis, or are looking forward to what
nostalgia must feel like.
"well, I hear this is nostalgic, so this must be what nostalgia feels
like! Ahhh, nostalgia..."
cheers,
/derek
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