quoted 13 lines wrecktangle:> wrecktangle:
>> It's going to be hard electronically reproducing the tonal variety of
>> classical music, considering the whole "hey we got an orchestra" factor...
>
> Of course it's a bad idea to try to "reproduce" the sort of *timbral*
> variety you find in orchestral music on synthesizers; electronica has a
> totally different kind of timbral variety. But I can see no reason why
> electronic music *couldn't* incorporate ideas of structure from western
> concert music, [...]
>
> There are several reasons why this *isn't* being done. It takes time--a
> lot of time--years--to learn how, say, Stravinsky works and then to
> figure out how that might be made to apply to dance music. [...]quoted 3 lines Does structure matter anymore? [...]> Does structure matter anymore? [...]
>
> So I guess I'm talking about dance music mutating into something else [...]
NO!! NO MORE RICK WAKEMAN!!! NO MORE "TALES FROM PORNOGRAPHIC TOASTER OVENS"!
AIEEEEEEE ...
hehehehe ...
- Greg