couldn't agree more that some day i might find myself
asking a question that someone might flippantly and
unfortunately reply to me in the same impolite and
offhanded manner that i applied to the original post,
buuuuuuut... i guess what i reacted to was that
i thought it was kind of strange that someone would
be eager to write their thesis on a subject with
which they didn't have a basic familiarity. i guess
i get annoyed at the tendency in academia to jump on
whatever aesthetic is the new thing and run with it.
i'm not accusing the original poster of doing this
in any fashion. it's entirely possible that he's got
a very thorough familiarity with the subject and he's
just looking for bases he might not have covered.
whatever, it's not even that big of a deal. if he had
asked for people to give their opinions about a
particular statement, theory, whatever, i don't think
i would have replied in the same way. it's just...
and maybe i'm wrong about how this poster is using
the word thesis... but for something that's so
important in the school year, shouldn't it be
necessary
or at least desirable to love what you're going to be
spending the next few months researching?
out of curiosity... if the original poster is reading
this and has read this far:
are you arguing for/against the notion of originality
in minimal techno? how do you think the 4/4 rhythms
effect the music's ability to be original? what about
the fact that aside from more open ended software like
reaktor or max/msp it is dependent on plugins that
come
and go as fads and reappear over and over again in
different tracks (and even with max and reaktor most
of the objects people write end up sounding the same
because it takes a much higher proficiency in
synthesis
and other areas in order to be able to make things
truly original)? Is the dub influence strictly
aesthetic or is there some other factor such as a
political one? what does it mean that this music,
which was originated by poor black kids in lower
income
areas at times when old analog and pre-digital gear
could be purchased cheap, is now affilliated with this
white, bald, chinstroking, posh, intellectual sense of
detatchment? how can originality even be measured at
all in music? is originality merely structural is it
concept oriented or is it emotional (or maybe all
three or none)?
i think it could definitely be an interesting thesis.
i wonder what your focus will be, as it now occurs to
me that there was nothing in your original post to
suggest that you were going to focus solely on minimal
techno, and if that is the case, my sincerest
apologies
for my harsh words.
regards,
gregory
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)the fawn
)"i thought when i started playing
)shows i'd meet a lot of really cool
)people, but most of the people i've
)met just want me to copy software
)for them"
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