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This reminds me; did anyone catch "Breakfast with the Arts" on A&E last week? Laurie Anderson was being interviewed, and spoke about the use of new instruments in new contexts, circuit bending, etc. She told of an instrument she's recently built which she described as a stick along which there are sliding sleeves which trigger various samples and loops, and which can be "played" in a highly theatrical manner by the "dancers" onstage as well as by the "musicians" (the quotation marks reflect the very flexible and overlapping job descriptions of the artists involved in her project...) But the best part of it all was the blank stare the interviewer wore on his face while Ms. Anderson enthusiastically talked tech; he was obviously much more comfortable asking her questions about her popular acceptance, and visibly fidgeted while she described the MIDI outs on her new instrument, or her tape head violin, or anything from the perspective of CREATING the music (as performer) as opposed to the CONSUMPTION of art (as audient). Tim At 07:27 PM 6/8/99 -0300, you wrote: >I think "Classical Music" has a lot to do with the social aceptance. >Its what Academy and University accepts as "art" and classifies. >This again, has a lot to do with the habits of the musician. If he is >connected to the institutions, chance that his work is accepted is much >bigger. If he considers himself "alternative" and plays "on the steet", he >is not classic but popular, right? > >Maybe it also has to do with the ability of the musician to explain the >function of his work within the music history?