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----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Zvonar" <zvonar@zvonar.com> To: "Scott M2" <scott@dreamstate.to>; <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 05:13:AM Subject: Re: the function of some music > At 12:02 AM -0400 6/7/03, Scott M2 wrote: > > >In Eno's original definition of Ambient Music, which appeared in early > >copies of Music For Airports, he declared "Ambient Music must be able > >to accomodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one > >in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting." > > > >This means that it may be listened to intently (as in concert music), > >or may simply be treated as a sonic environment. While not too restrictive > >a definition, it certainly states that the music must serve for both > >functions and therefore, must not "demand" attention. > > Then that pretty much covers it. > > Eno should run for political office. Perhaps, but in the sense of being an Ambient candidate, would anyone but us know he was running? :) I've always tried to adhere to the Eno Ambient Rule whenever I did anything I decided to call "ambient", though I should say that I'd read Eno as saying it "must be as ignorable as it is listenable." On this level though, I found myself exploring specific types of sonic environments that more adhered to the "Music for Films" area - and dubbed my work in this regard to be "Situational Music" or "Ambient-Situational Music". I wanted to still be within the bounds of being able to be ignorable and listenable, but also provide a kind of soundtrack for the listener, should they wish to listen to it in this way. To my chagrin only later did I think about the applicability to film/video/TV. Silly me. But I continue to pursue the Ambient-Situational area as such. Slightly BOT: The other night BBC2 ran a show named something like "Dave and Joe Go Tokyo", which apparently is a weekly - beautiful contrasting pieces with "what's new in Japan", ostensibly... and one of the items on the show was presented as an "Ambient Toy", a huge seller apparently. All it is is a small round figurine (more like a fat Pokemon than a 'Buddha' visually), whose head rocks gently right and left. It looked very quasi-hypnotic, and yes, Ambient if you will. Has anyone seen these little fellas? Or for that matter the "Go Tokyo" show? Steve Goodman EarthLight Productions * http://www.earthlight.net/Other - Quasi-daily Cartoon http://www.earthlight.net/HiddenTrack - Cartoons via Medialine!