At 06:23 PM 4/23/2002 -0700, you wrote:
quoted 5 lines sure, but i don't need to know (or care to know) what their sexual>sure, but i don't need to know (or care to know) what their sexual
>preferences are, or how long it took them to make a track, or what
>they had for breakfast, or what lover they were thinking of when
>they made that particular sound, etc...in fact, i prefer to let
>the music i listen to evoke images that are my own.
I also prefer to let the music I listen to (or rather, the artist I'm
listening to, as no music exists within a creative vacuum). But then, I
also like to know what images the music evokes for other people, and what
images the music evokes for the person who made it.
To me, it's not about giving up my own ideas, but as an intelligent person,
I like to know what the music does for other people, too.
quoted 5 lines i don't really care much what the artist intended for me to feel>i don't really care much what the artist intended for me to feel
>unless they specifically say that's what they want. i mean, it's
>MY interpretation--it's coming in through MY ears, and affecting
>my emotions and my physiology and so on. it makes me happy because
>of who *i* am, not because of who they are...do you see what i mean?
Exactly. So you don't care at all about what other people interpret the
music as? I find all creative expression more interesting when you can
share a little bit of it with friends.
But maybe that's why I like Boards of Canada more than, say, CiM, which is
icy and solitudinous.
quoted 2 lines that isn't to say that it's wrong to approach things the way you>that isn't to say that it's wrong to approach things the way you
>do--it is how it makes you happy too. so yay. and stuff.
That's what I'm all about -- I'm happy with the way I approach music, and
you're happy with the way you approach music. But I'm also very happy with
the way you approach music, and I want to know what you think. That's why
I'm still on this list -- to see what music does for other people. And
sometimes, to see what the artist was all about. It probably won't change
my opinion of a track, but it'll make me appreciate it, and humanity as a
whole, a lot more.
derek
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