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93 ---TritoneDW <TritoneDW@aol.com> wrote: > > About this statement: > > << Looping still is home to the overly analytical and cerebral types > of energy. Those folks do more damge than good to > music in any category cause they reduce music to > something less than the gifts it can bear. >> > > Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but are you saying that the intellect has no > place in music of any type? Are you saying that the use of analytical and > intellectual skills actually make music worse? > > It really irks me when people use terms like "analytical" and "academic" and > "intellectual" in a perjorative way. Can music only "bear gifts" when it has > been written to the lowest common denominator? Is Madonna better that Bach > because she's less intellectual? > > I enjoy a lot of different kinds of music, from folk traditions to avant garde > contemporary music, and I would never presume to insult anyone's music because > it's too smart, or not smart enough. As an artist, I endeavor to bring my > entire self to my work--my intellect, my heart, my soul. I don't think > striving to make intelligent music takes away from my work in any way. In > fact, I think it can only help. Having a brain doesn't preclude having a > heart, does it? > > Am I the only one here who feels this way? > > Drew Wheeler Sounds like someone who's been to one too many contemporary chamber concerts? Or someone who's had a music professor who composes with number theory? There is of course such a thing as overly intellectual music, music that is composed with theory only. And on the other hand, there is music that is emotive shit. Music should blend emotion with thought, Hod with Netzach, heart with head. This = soul. 93 Rev. DOubt-Goat (mad occult loopist!) _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com