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Believe me, there have been times when I've just closed the loop, and found such a dire, dark thing before me I nearly had to flee! I'm not talking about a flawed loop with a mistake or anything--but rather something totally unexpected and unique--challenging me to understand it and add to it meaningfully. Miko Biffle "Running scared from all the usual distractions!" C;mon over to MySpace! www.myspace.com/biffozz Now playing "Rough" www.cdbaby.com/biffoz The Chain Tape Collective! http://www.ct-collective.com/ On Mar 16, 2006, at 8:14 PM, tEd ® kiLLiAn wrote: >> I make no judgment on others (or you in particular) for being another >> way. Actually, I feel that I am the one who is deficient here. I would >> love to be able to sit down on my guitar stool and think in the >> abstract . . . okay, I am now going to evoke . . . spring, a sunny >> day, lost innocence, memories of whatever . . . lost love, my dog, my >> truck, my doughnut, heheheh. Really! > I don't think you are being deficient at all. I think the desire to > apply a referenced "meaning" to a loop outside of the music is fine, no > judgment here either. But is the application/explanation of meaning > really what the music is about? If you are using lyrics it is one > thing. Lyrics reference the word-based meaning directly. But your lack > of desire to apply meaning to the abstract (your instrumental music), > my dear friend Ted, is...anything but deficient. If anything, I think > it is being more true to the music, by allowing the music to be itself > and to present itself to others on its own terms free of applied > meaning that might not only be meaningless to the audience, but even > take away from the experience... But now, of course, we get on to the > eternal discussion of programmatic versus absolute music... -Jeff > Jeff Kaiser > http://www.jeffkaisermusic.com > pfMENTUM.com • AngryVegan.com