Re: a new music

[Geoff Smith <geoff.smith15@btopenworld.com>]

> are there any objections if I speak of Live Looping as a new kind of 
>music?
> Well, ok, its a new *way* to create music, but ordinary people dont
> make so much of a difference, or do you expect that if an interviewer
> asks me "what is new about your music" to answer "my music is old,
> only the way to play it is new"?
> do you leave me some space for marketing? :-)
I personally love this sort of thing.
Do it, life should be fun music should be fun writing should be fun.
Has everyone heard James Browns introduction.
I think it makes Matthias's claims seem extremely modest.
Amplify what you do!
Geoff





on 1/6/03 4:56 am, Matthias Grob at matthias@grob.org wrote:

> 
> We should definitally forget about Live Looping beeing a style"
> because we all agree that many styles can be interpreted with looping.
> Whether it will turn into a genre only time will tell.
> World Music is a genre that is packed with all kinds of styles, so
> theoretically it is possible.
> To call Live Looping a "kind of music" or a "label" does not mean
> much, but is  handy. Just try to talk to someone about what we do and
> you see what I mean.
> 
> I have been talking and playing a lot these days in Sweden, including
> two bigger TV interviews and unless you do a Fripp wash for a Fripp
> fan, no one doubts that this is new music, independent of the style
> its based on.
> And new music deserves a new label.
> Of course you are free to invent your own personal one, but I dont
> see how this could be of benefit for the comunity (unless you do
> something ugly :-)
> 
> Ok, Reily did it long ago and such, but since most people dont seem
> to know about it or not associate the name looping to it:
> 
> are there any objections if I speak of Live Looping as a new kind of 
>music?
> Well, ok, its a new *way* to create music, but ordinary people dont
> make so much of a difference, or do you expect that if an interviewer
> asks me "what is new about your music" to answer "my music is old,
> only the way to play it is new"?
> do you leave me some space for marketing? :-)