-Hey.. it's a well known fact that music can only be innovative if you like
-it. Imagine how confusing things could get if it were possible to respect
-the work or methods of an artist, even though you weren't into the end
-results.
This is actually very possible. I spent a good hour arguing with reimer
eising (kettel) about this about a week ago. For example, I respect Richard
Devine and his work. I think it's very interesting and decent to listen to
base purely on process... but then end result isn't really anything I'm
into. The music that I actually like or make, isn't at all based on process
(for the most part), but a good portion of my CD collection isn't music I
like, but rather appreciate. This would be how I feel about Radiohead
actually... I really do appreciate what they do, and I respect them a great
deal, but I don't like their music much at all. It's really interesting and
I think they have some great ideas, but it's just not my thing. I own
Autechre's Confield, but I only like the process, not the result. You're
right, this is confusing, but this is how I listen to music.
jon
tenandtracer
p.s. new CD+7"+possible bonus CDR ep coming up on tundra/civik... dark
before dawn 3"CDEP sold out in a day, and my full length is nearly done at
the presses.
http://www.tenandtracer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Smith" <purgasmith@earthlink.net>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [idm] the topic of discussion (Bjork?)
on 7/26/02 8:44 AM, EggyToast at eggy@eggytoast.com scrawled:
quoted 15 lines At 09:34 AM 7/26/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> At 09:34 AM 7/26/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>> brandon pr. said:
>>
>>> bjork is electronic music's paul simon, and i'm not just talking about
>>> the similarities between their compact frames. she's been gracelanding
>>> our asses for years.
>>
>> thank god for that.
>>
>> also, i'm waiting for someone to explain to us all who exactly the "true
>> innovators" are. i wasn't aware there was a consensus...
>
> More than likely, the true innovators are the same artists people believe
> are "not making good music anymore" :D
>
Hey.. it's a well known fact that music can only be innovative if you like
it. Imagine how confusing things could get if it were possible to respect
the work or methods of an artist, even though you weren't into the end
results.
~g
np.. kronos does bill evans
--
Greg Smith
http://www.laiad.com
"I don't trust anybody¹s nostalgia but my own. Nostalgia is a product of
dissatisfaction and rage. It's a settling of grievances between the present
and the past. The more powerful the nostalgia, the closer you come to
violence. War is the form nostalgia takes when men are hard pressed to say
something good about their country" - Don Delillo/White Noise
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