quoted 8 lines Maybe I just want pleasing sounds to wash my soul with.>Maybe I just want pleasing sounds to wash my soul with.
>
>NOT innovation
>NOT breaking of existing standards
>NOT transgressing barriers
>
>Just PLEASE something enjoyable. Or relaxing. Or exciting. Or to
>shake my bones to.
This makes me think of LTJ Bukem whose music I really like. I say
him because the music is hugely enjoyable but predictable. But his
style is described as 'breaking the rules' by the music press. I
suppose it's all relative.
quoted 3 lines The very word "noise" as title for the book from which the thought>The very word "noise" as title for the book from which the thought
>process is taken says quite a lot. Noise does not always equal
>music. Well, not to my ears, it doesn't.
How about this idea:
Music is order in the chaos of noise.
Noise (as in 'noise music') is not music but a different kind of order.
'Sonicly Interesting' is a description from Mr Twin that springs to mind.
-Ed