they sweat it out in the studio everyday...that probably has something to do
with it. writers write. I remember someone saying that if you want to be a
writer and you can't write then you become a critic...same goes for
painters/artists...but with music if you can't play then maybe you become an
engineer. or editor. or you stay home and masterbate a lot.
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quoted 5 lines From: "Gause, Brian" <bgause@SECTORBASE.COM>>From: "Gause, Brian" <bgause@SECTORBASE.COM>
>To: 'Brian MacDonald' <brianm@kuci.org>, idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: RE: [idm] the future of "idm"
>Date: Fri, Sep 8, 2000, 10:27 AM
>quoted 84 lines okay, 'better' is such a bad word, but it's hard to listen to autechre and> okay, 'better' is such a bad word, but it's hard to listen to autechre and
> not realize that they're doing something more than most other electronic
> musicians today.
>
> Call it better.
> Call it smarter.
> Call it luckier.
> Call it timing.
> Call it whatever you will, but autechre have more of it.
>
> And personally, I don't think they cringe at this thought. Everyone's got
> more of something and it's always a good day when someone else notices.
>
> ---brian
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian MacDonald [mailto:brianm@kuci.org]
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 11:12 AM
> To: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: [idm] the future of "idm"
>
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Sep 2000 andrei@world.std.com wrote:
>
>> Lucas wrote:
>>
>> > Autechre are not any different than any of us.
>>
>> Yes they are. They're a lot more talented than most of us.
>
> With all due respect to the Ae boyz, I take issue with any type of
> statement like "X is a lot more talented than most of us."... I sincerely
> believe that for every truly talented artist that is well known, there are
> 99 equally "talented" artists that are completely unknown -- or perhaps
> don't even realize how talented they are -- or just exist in the wrong
> place or wrong time.
>
> I won't deny that Autechre push the limit, but I think even they would
> cringe at the thought they are *the* pinnacle of talent in a particular
> musical field.. Luck/chaos/right time right place/etc. has at least
> partially to do with why they are popular. Luck/chaos/right time right
> place has a lot to do with why any high profile artists are popular.
>
>> Come on, Lexaunculpt is good, but that's like comparing David S. Ware to
> Coltrane (or
>> Enrique to Julio). :-)
>
> For the record, I enjoy Lexaunculpt (and a slew of other "Autechre rip
> offs") more than Autechre. It's not that I think Lex and the gang are
> "better" than Ae, or vice versa. But I find Lex's stuff more enjoyable
> than Autechre's... though I appreciate the influence Ae's had on lots of
> folks.
>
>> Andrei
>
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