In a message dated 2/9/99 10:30:32 PM Mountain Standard Time,
username@sans.vuw.ac.nz writes:
quoted 4 lines Maybe daft to step into the fray right now, but> Maybe daft to step into the fray right now, but
> I'll add my 2 cents. When I think of classical, I
> think of academic music, or music written under
> patronage.
You obviously not listened to much classical music.. that is such a mindless
stereotype.
quoted 8 lines IME most IDM is constructed in a far> IME most IDM is constructed in a far
> more folk or pop manner (someone with native
> interest in the music buggering about with sounds
> and/or something to say).
>
> I'm also proud to think of it as more pop than
> classical, because on classical's own terms it
> falls down, as someone pointed out WRT holding
Falls down? How can you take a whole group of music, that was around for more
than 200 years, roll it all into one word (classical), and just say it all
"falls down". That is so ridiculous! Please, go out and buy yourself a
collection of Beethoven, Chopin, and Debussy piano works (three of my favs)
and listen to them all MORE THAN ONCE!!!!!!!!!!
Give it a two week test! I suggest all of you who haven't listened much to
classical before try it out. Listen to the same CD at least 3 times a week for
2 weeks and tell me if it does not have a profound effect on you.
Do NOT just listen to it one time, because I tell you, it may be very boring
the first time. It often is! It takes time for some music to sink in, at least
that's how it was for me with many classical works. I had to listen to them
through a few times before I could grasp what was going on.
-allen