At 08:02 PM 4/23/2002 -0400, you wrote:
quoted 22 lines sorry to breakdown your reply like this, but it's much easier than ranting>sorry to breakdown your reply like this, but it's much easier than ranting
>again :)
>
>In a message dated 4/23/2002 12:09:16 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>gozravp@yahoo.com writes:
>
> > In that, I
> > mean that the music produced is most often far too
> > involved to try and "get" anything more than, well,
> > music out of it.
>
>music is evocative. music is not just wallpaper.
>i don't think i would love music so much if it were
>all about how the aesthetic of a certain song appealed
>to me. it's a lot deeper than that. there is heavy
>emotional appeal in a lot of music from the big phil
>spector pop productions to classical to country to the
>weird "out-there" experimental stuff... there definitely
>is music which doesn't resonate with me emotionally,
>and if that music doesn't appeal to my dancing
>sensibilities, chances are i'm not going to be interested
>in it.
I would say that the background for a lot of music helps the interested
listener. We can say "I only care about the music," which, although
valiant, hopefully isn't true. I think the whole idea behind "IDM" is that
there's more to it than simply music. Since I know Boards of Canada live
outside Edinburgh, it makes me wonder if the area doesn't inspire much of
the music, and perhaps I'd like to visit there, since the music sure sounds
pretty, and maybe the place is, too?
Other things, like sounds that feel like rainy days, or walking downtown
alone, or falling down a flight of stairs, make me wonder what would add to
the experience if i experience those feelings first hand whilst listening
to the music. I don't just say "hmm, this sounds like something," I want
to know what the artist intended for me to feel, and then wonder why I feel
different, and why other people feel different from me.
If it was only about the music, we wouldn't have a discussion list about
the genre. I also doubt it would be nearly as entertaining and as fun of a
genre as it is.
derek
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