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From:
George Williamson
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Date:
Thu, 30 May 2002 14:05:54 +0100
Subject:
Re: [idm] lowercase
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quoted 1 line I've come up with a method of making lowercase music. It> >I've come up with a method of making lowercase music. It
involves pissing
quoted 1 line on CDRW discs, where the uric acid of the piss encodes> >on CDRW discs, where the uric acid of the piss encodes
music on the disc.
quoted 3 lines Available in a plastic bag.> >Available in a plastic bag. > > The funniest thing is, I wouldn't be surprised if someone
actually tried
quoted 1 line this... :)> this... :)
Yeah, but the thing about this kind of art is that it IS interesting the first time its done, hence the legitimacy of many minimal art pieces/sound styles. However it is almost impossible to make people seriously listen to experimental stuff unless you already have a reputation for ordinary stuff; you need artistic credibility before you can ruin it. What causes a problem is when everyone else hears about it and decides that "this sounds easy, I'll have a go" hence the formation of entire genres where a single artist was enough, leading to saturation with poor quality unoriginal stuff. Usually there are two or three main artists and a sea of imitators, who, although capable of the odd piece that is interesting, churn out bland imitations of the form that they study. my opinions, obviously, open to scrutiny. georgewilliamson --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org