I offer my two pennies...
AL> > again, the question remains: why categorize? in any way shape or form?
a matter of convenience,not necessary and not without its price and
limitations
AL>I'm assuming you mean "Why categorize music" here(i haven't been
AL>watching this thread). If this is your question, the answer is easy.
AL>First example: i walk into a music store, and would like to find the
AL>new Scanner disc...where do i look? If there aren't any categories,
AL>i'm lost as all hell.
Look under 's' for Scanner
AL>Second Example: i like to listen to the ambient radio show on tuesday
AL>nights in montreal. Were there no categories to music, this show
AL>could not exist.
Um... perhaps it would have a different title, that might morph into a
category depending on the level of tendency for the listeners to limit
the shows and the shows musics possibilities... hopefully this would
not happen...
But why could the show not just be called "Into the Deep" or something
appropriate at a feeling level rather than referring to the music at a
functional level? Lord knows the 'definitions' of ambient that Ive
encountered on that list are so haphazard that to call a show ambient
would in no way clear me up on what would be on it. In some peoples
minds it may attract or repel, which I find sad as it just fosters
dualism and judgement and mitigates against a sense of discovery in
music listening.
AL>Third Example: By not categorizing, you're lumping country music,
AL>classical music, r&b, and greek folk music in with idm, ambient,
AL>hardcore, house, and rap. This will not do, in my opinion!
By not categorizing you ensure two things. 1. Some people will
encounter music they would otherwise not encounter. A good thing.
2. Music writers have to take the music they evaluate on its merits and
their subejctive experience alone. A good thing.
Categorization is a thing the English language is supreme at and is one
of its greatest limiting aspects, limiting our own expression in the
language.Instead of saying a piece of music is light like the clouds in
the sky, floating gently in and out of consciousness bringing light and
shade alternately.... for example, we can, and do, say... its ambient.
But.. this is samsara
respects to all
alan
hey freshie... I liked your take on this one
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