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From:
Michael Upton
To:
Chris Fahey , 'Ethan Winn' ,
Date:
Sat, 17 Jun 2000 10:11:46 +1200
Subject:
RE: [idm] tobinTechniques
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At 19:43 15/06/00 -0400, Chris Fahey wrote:
quoted 2 lines This is complete crap. He doesn't play shit, and he admits he's not a>This is complete crap. He doesn't play shit, and he admits he's not a >musician at all. He samples classic bebop. Who told you this?
Given your recent saga on the list, I'll leave someone else to leap on the possible connotations of the word "admits" in the above sentence. ;-) Anyway, what I wanted to say is that I loved a quote I read from Tobin where he said he refused to bring in live players when he was playing out. He basically said that he wrote electronic music because he liked electronic music, not because he didn't have the money to hire people to play instruments for him. I take some inspiration from that idea. Given that, I'd be absolutely baffled if he's since decided to play all the parts of his tracks. Michael ps. I was disappointed to see that "artist" still carries connotations of pretension and self-importance, after a good 80 years of art taking the piss out of itself and attempting to dismiss the bourgeois idea of the artist. np. 'Moon Safari' - Air -+- Involve Records http://involve.co.nz Jet Jaguar MP3s http://mp3.com/jetjag/ -+- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org