Re: What's experimental?

["Ricky Graham" <rock.guitar.guru@btinternet.com>]

Maybe it's fair to say that the music one creates is "experimental" when 
they are challenging their own set of limitations? But then, you could 
attach the label "progressive" to that, also. :o)

Ricky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Ludwig" <sfmissionman@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: What's experimental?


> Why get hung up on a term? Academia might have a narrow definition of 
> "Experimental Music" but unless you are performing for academic 
>audiences, 
> who really cares? BTW, all of academia is likely not in agreement on 
>what 
> constitues "Experimental". If you go to Berklee, Mills, University of 
> Miami, University of North Texas, etc. they are all likely to have 
> differing notions of what it means.
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> Many years ago, I studied "Experimental Music Composition" under Herbert 
> Brun at the University of Illinois. I'm still trying to figure out what 
> all of that meant. Let's just say, there weren't a whole lot of notes 
> being played or put to paper. But the experience defeinitely influenced 
> (warped?) me.
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> I believe we are all of our own best references for this type of 
> questions. If YOU think it's experimental, then it is. If some critic 
> wants to then write you off as somehow not being so, then listen to 
>their 
> criticism, evaluate it for any value, and move on. I don' think it's 
>such 
> a big deal.
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> I should also add that such labels are only not for ourselves, but for 
>our 
> audience. It's a way of setting up expectations. So two sets of labesl 
>are 
> appropite. To myself, I think of what I do as "Classical New Age Surf 
> Jazz" (or smethng along those lines). But if I tell others about it, I 
> probably just cal it "Electronic Guitar". I might even get away with 
> "Progressive/Experimental Electronic Guitar".
>
> -George
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