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Re: What's experimental?
"Experimental" can/has become a bit of a marketing term, while still functioning as an accurate adjective in some situations.
I'm reminded of arguments I've heard regarding who "invented" prepared piano, and is thus (the argument goes) a Visionary Genius. If next year previously unheard recordings of someone from the 20's doing prepared piano surfaces, I don't think it really diminishes the more familiar "well-known" examples.
TH
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Warren Sirota
<wsirota@wsdesigns.com> wrote:
So if something like it has been done before it's not experimental? If someone just-tunes a piano, it's not experimental because LaMonte Young did it 40 years ago? I guess I understand, it's become so mainstream since then...
I remember 25 years ago thinking - "they should keep the experiments in the lab, and only release or perform it for the public when the results show success" (how that's measured is another story).
