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2002-07-17 20:46Philip Sherburne>okay.. I like Akufen's production as much as the next guy. What's with the >term 'microsa

From:: Philip Sherburne <psherburne@jeevessolutions.com>
To:: 'idm@hyperreal.org' <idm@hyperreal.org>
Cc:: 'purgasmith@earthlink.net' <purgasmith@earthlink.net>
Date:: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 13:46:14 -0700
Subject:: [idm] re: micro<noun>

quoted 4 lines okay.. I like Akufen's production as much as the next guy. What's with the

>okay.. I like Akufen's production as much as the next guy. What's with the >term 'microsampling'?? Do music writers get $25 for every new term they >coin? Aside from the frequency, variety, and overtness of his samples.. is >he really doing anything that cats like squarepusher or matt herbert

haven't

quoted 1 line done (they just polish their samples up a bit more).

>done (they just polish their samples up a bit more).

you figured out our secret! yes, simon reynolds has set up the Foundation for New Musical Nomenclature and Neologistic Overkill, with generous funding from dave eggers and david foster wallace. every time we invent a term and it goes to press, we get $25. we also get royalties on recurring usage. i've already bought myself a new dictionary with the proceeds from "microhouse" and i'm hard at work on R&D... ;) just being flippant, of course. the question of genre and neologism is of course a sticky one (um, no pun intended), but in the case of "microsampling," it's much easier -- that's akufen's own term. cheers philip --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2002-07-17 21:55Greg Smithon 7/17/02 1:46 PM, Philip Sherburne at psherburne@jeevessolutions.com scrawled: > you fig

From:: Greg Smith <purgasmith@earthlink.net>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 14:55:25 -0700
Subject:: Re: [idm] re: micro<shrug>
Reply to:: [idm] re: micro<noun>

on 7/17/02 1:46 PM, Philip Sherburne at psherburne@jeevessolutions.com scrawled:

quoted 7 lines you figured out our secret! yes, simon reynolds has set up the Foundation

> you figured out our secret! yes, simon reynolds has set up the Foundation > for New Musical Nomenclature and Neologistic Overkill, with generous funding > from dave eggers and david foster wallace. every time we invent a term and > it goes to press, we get $25. we also get royalties on recurring usage. i've > already bought myself a new dictionary with the proceeds from "microhouse" > and i'm hard at work on R&D... ;) >

I knew I was on to something! That's why Kodwu Eshun reads like a post-structuralist. I should have been more concise in the first message.. that wasn't so much me grumbling about the term, it was the way that new terminology is immediately adapted by all and used everywhere, sometimes I think this elevates the newly named style and puts it on a pedastel while neglecting to connect it to it's past. Obviously this is bigger than micro-______ and more of a language/consumer culture thing. I guess at the end of the day, music that can't inspire new vocabulary isn't worth listening to.. and as for the spread of new lexicon, what did Mr. Burroughs say about language being a virus?

quoted 3 lines just being flippant, of course. the question of genre and neologism is of

> just being flippant, of course. the question of genre and neologism is of > course a sticky one (um, no pun intended), but in the case of > "microsampling," it's much easier -- that's akufen's own term.

He came up with it? Wow.. he is the man of the moment. I've already read that phrase being dropped in no less than 3 interviews/articles in the past month. Hopefully I clarified where I was coming from. ~g np.. Phillip Glass - songs of liquid days --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Re: [idm] re: micro<shrug>