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From:
Chispas De Muerte
To:
EggyToast ,
Date:
Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:27:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
Re: [idm] AE draft 7.30 promo
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--- EggyToast <eggy@eggytoast.com> wrote:I don't hear that at all. It all sounds very intentional and planned to my ears. I can hear the feelings that are in there, or that I at least perceive to be in there. And, sure, I like to hear interesting sounds too, but I listen for enjoyability and aesthetics. Not for wankery. Well in that same interview they spoke about thier recording techniques, (for Confield) and a lot of the random generation process, and how they keep thier machines running these algorithms and spitting out tracks, and then they go through the output and maybe use 1% of what comes out and very little final editing goes into it. Which as an idea is really great and fascinating, and it definnitley takes some smarts to do that, but I fail to hear the beauty in it that other people do. Maybe I haven't had the patience to really listen to it enough to enjoy it. Maybe it's like one of those posters those computer generated 3d posters that you need to cross your eyes a certain way to see the hidden image, and maybe I'm not crossing my ears in the right way. Props to you for bieng able to hear something else than I am hearing, I don't find fault in people for liking or hearing something in music that I care for, including the hordes of Chemical Brothers and Underworld fans, or people who like Van Halen, Rod Stewart or any of the music out there that I can't stand. Having said that, what level of concern for the listener is neccessary when you are making and releasing music, for what reason do you make music other than for someone other than yourself to listen to it? And if for your own pleasure, what difference between that and wankery?
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