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2001-04-10 22:19Static EdenI think it's all meaningless. It all comes down to how the listener hears it. Apparently w

From:: Static Eden <staticeden@www.staticeden.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 18:19:00 -0400
Subject:: [idm] The performance/"real musician"/DSP vs. hardware/etc etc

I think it's all meaningless. It all comes down to how the listener hears it. Apparently we all seem to see something worthwhile in any one of these arguments, otherwise we'd never listen to IDM/whatever the hell you want to call it. So--I think it matters on the person. It doesn't matter what kind of software or hardware you're using, or whether or not you jump around or have bears on stage with you. If there's an appreciation somewhere, good enough. If there's no appreciation (something most electronic and experimental musicians/artists have experienced) than good enough as well. It comes down to our emotions to music as composers, musicians, listeners and human beings. Everything else is opinion carefully disguised as science (something we could debate the validity of on its own-how about a new thread?). cheers, Mark hellothisisalex www.hellothisisalex.com / records.hellothisisalex.com mp3s at www.raw42.com/cgi-bin/featuredartist.pl?artist=213 mark@hellothisisalex

2001-04-12 19:18me makes youi am along with the "school" that its not how you do it, its what you do. as in, say, dani

From:: me makes you <woolydogeater@hotmail.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 19:18:06 -0000
Subject:: Re: [idm] The performance/"real musician"/DSP vs. hardware/etc etc

i am along with the "school" that its not how you do it, its what you do. as in, say, daniel johnson, completely of topic. he's insane, untalented, and cant sing in the true sense of the word, but god do i enjoy sitting down and listenting to him. same for sebadoh, smog, erics trip. when it comes to musicians, these people are not(at least in the beggining, you can get good at anything if you devote enough time) i can t say anything about electronic music, and the way its constructed, because i simply do not have enough patience to fiddle with buttons and computer programs long enough to compose a song give me an 8 track that i can play along to anytime that doesnt mean its good, or that i know what im talking about, but at least i think i have the right to say "i know what i like" what im trying to say is if you make something pleasant to listen to, then what the hell does it matter whether you spent 6 minutes on the thing or 6 months, it will still be judged the same way("damn, this is good":) slap me with a dead fish if you think it'll help the situation _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

[idm] The performance/"real musician"/DSP vs. hardware/etc etc