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From:
Sean Cooper
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Mon, 20 Sep 1999 20:34:16 -0700
Subject:
(idm) gossip about experimental vs. accessible music
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quoted 9 lines i think tetsu inoue says in the urbansounds interview something about>>i think tetsu inoue says in the urbansounds interview something about >>anyone can make weird, fucked-up sounding music, the harder thing to do is >>>make it accessible. >> >I'm not really sure Tetsuo had that one nailed down right. After writing >D&B and techno stuff for years, I did a little expirement last year >about this time: try and write some pop songs. I got a female >vocalist fot the tracks and everything. I actually found it a little >bit easier to do. Most accessible music relies on very predictable...
tetsu's point was not about making accessible music, it was about making experimental music that is *also* accessible. if the rarity of such music is any indication, i'd say he was spot on. sc