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2003-01-26 00:31Martin LomasWhy are so many IDM song titles apparently meaningless, or made up of apparently meaningle

From:: Martin Lomas <mlomas@rogers.com>
To:: Hypereal IDM <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 19:31:21 -0500
Subject:: [idm] Song Titles

Why are so many IDM song titles apparently meaningless, or made up of apparently meaningless words, or words with strange letter substitutions, numbers and punctuation? (A) It's as good a way as any to reflect on life. (B) To avoid song titles like "I don't fucking know #17" and "Look what my synth did now #25". (C) It's leet type behaviour. (D) It's the language of techno, dude. (E) Electronic musicians got no soul. (F) Electronic musicians got no life. (G) It's what Autechre does. (H) Lighten up, fuckwit. (I) All of the above. (J) Other - please specify. Please check all that apply. If you think this is silly and disrespectful, or interesting and humble, you're right. Martin http://www.musicwomb.org/

2003-01-26 01:36ben gillwhy don't we all just face facts: coming up with a good title is hard work. One IDMer who

From:: ben gill <gillette_foamy@yahoo.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 17:36:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject:: Re: [idm] Song Titles
Reply to:: [idm] Song Titles

why don't we all just face facts: coming up with a good title is hard work. One IDMer who I feel is successful in this dept. is Kid606. I think I've probably heard about six of his tunes in my life, but I gotta say, his titles are good. Naming your track "-5-4325790834=25ieor;oi" is an easy way out of the difficult job of finding a good (albeit traditional) track title. If you consider "a02=375hyr5" a legit title, then it's legit, end of story. But flying in the face of tradition a la Gertrude Stein's "Tender Buttons" is an easy way to replace the concept of innovation with laziness. The honorable thing to do is to forget about titles completely, instead of adding some nonsense to music which most definitely isn't nonsense (some AE excluded). Ben --- Martin Lomas <mlomas@rogers.com> wrote:

quoted 23 lines Why are so many IDM song titles apparently

> Why are so many IDM song titles apparently > meaningless, or made up of apparently meaningless > words, or words with strange letter substitutions, > numbers and punctuation? > > (A) It's as good a way as any to reflect on life. > (B) To avoid song titles like "I don't fucking know > #17" and "Look what my synth did now #25". > (C) It's leet type behaviour. > (D) It's the language of techno, dude. > (E) Electronic musicians got no soul. > (F) Electronic musicians got no life. > (G) It's what Autechre does. > (H) Lighten up, fuckwit. > (I) All of the above. > (J) Other - please specify. > > Please check all that apply. > > If you think this is silly and disrespectful, or > interesting and humble, you're right. > Martin > http://www.musicwomb.org/

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2003-01-26 03:30brian finkI do agree , song titles are a tough and important matter to me.Even though I probably won

From:: brian fink <brianfink2000@yahoo.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 19:30:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject:: Re: [idm] Song Titles
Reply to:: Re: [idm] Song Titles

I do agree , song titles are a tough and important matter to me.Even though I probably wont release any of my tunes, I still have a little book where I write down names when ever i think cool ones for songs.Its just as much an art statement as the music I think. fink --- ben gill <gillette_foamy@yahoo.com> wrote:

quoted 54 lines why don't we all just face facts: coming up with a

> why don't we all just face facts: coming up with a > good title is hard work. One IDMer who I feel is > successful in this dept. is Kid606. I think I've > probably heard about six of his tunes in my life, > but > I gotta say, his titles are good. Naming your track > "-5-4325790834=25ieor;oi" is an easy way out of the > difficult job of finding a good (albeit traditional) > track title. If you consider "a02=375hyr5" a legit > title, then it's legit, end of story. But flying in > the face of tradition a la Gertrude Stein's "Tender > Buttons" is an easy way to replace the concept of > innovation with laziness. The honorable thing to do > is to forget about titles completely, instead of > adding some nonsense to music which most definitely > isn't nonsense (some AE excluded). > > > Ben > > --- Martin Lomas <mlomas@rogers.com> wrote: > > Why are so many IDM song titles apparently > > meaningless, or made up of apparently meaningless > > words, or words with strange letter substitutions, > > numbers and punctuation? > > > > (A) It's as good a way as any to reflect on life. > > (B) To avoid song titles like "I don't fucking > know > > #17" and "Look what my synth did now #25". > > (C) It's leet type behaviour. > > (D) It's the language of techno, dude. > > (E) Electronic musicians got no soul. > > (F) Electronic musicians got no life. > > (G) It's what Autechre does. > > (H) Lighten up, fuckwit. > > (I) All of the above. > > (J) Other - please specify. > > > > Please check all that apply. > > > > If you think this is silly and disrespectful, or > > interesting and humble, you're right. > > Martin > > http://www.musicwomb.org/ > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > >

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2003-01-26 01:12concrete cookiewell... I've been naming my songs "c:/My Documents/Mash Up/Concrete Cookie/2003/Current/I

From:: concrete cookie <cookie@mashup.org>
To:: Martin Lomas <mlomas@rogers.com>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 17:12:44 -0800
Subject:: Re: [idm] Song Titles/ POLL

well... I've been naming my songs "c:/My Documents/Mash Up/Concrete Cookie/2003/Current/I don't fucking know #17_ultraMaximized_Mega_Final_MIX-01-01-03.wav" But I can never seem to find anything I've been working on... :] :) cookiez ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Lomas <mlomas@rogers.com> To: Hypereal IDM <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 4:31 PM Subject: [idm] Song Titles Why are so many IDM song titles apparently meaningless, or made up of apparently meaningless words, or words with strange letter substitutions, numbers and punctuation? (A) It's as good a way as any to reflect on life. (B) To avoid song titles like "I don't fucking know #17" and "Look what my synth did now #25". (C) It's leet type behaviour. (D) It's the language of techno, dude. (E) Electronic musicians got no soul. (F) Electronic musicians got no life. (G) It's what Autechre does. (H) Lighten up, fuckwit. (I) All of the above. (J) Other - please specify. Please check all that apply. If you think this is silly and disrespectful, or interesting and humble, you're right. Martin http://www.musicwomb.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

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