Re: Live Looping: it pops up everywhere

[mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com>]

"to me
this just sounds like randomly banging on stuff". ;-)

ha ha!! i had the opposite...

I was at a gig once and a single drummer was "randomly banging stuff" I said to my friend ..."to me

this just sounds like randomly banging on stuff".  and he glared at me and said... "Its a piece by Xenakis and it took him 3 months to learn, 8 hours a day, he is a master percussionist!!!!" 

I shut up...




mark

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:46 PM, L.Angulo <labaloops@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Erdem,
> check out Jose Gonzales,his records are kitchen sinc home made sort of speak,very simple lo-fi with one guitar and his voice,i dont think this has hurt his career but on the countrary,hes currently regarded as one of the best songwriters of our times,thats how powerful music is...
> Luis

One should not forget that in a musical context referred to as
"songwriting" the fidelity may not be of importance for what is
normally experienced as "the artform".

Compare that to a musical context sometimes referred to as "sound art"
and you may find that fidelity can actually be an important factor in
what is experienced as "the artform".

Sorry for stating the obvious, but I'd just like to add this fact for
the record.

As a musician it is important to remember that people experience music
in a totally subjective way, filtered through their own mind. I
remember so many occasions where me and some friends have listened to
wonderfully poly rhythmic music and my pals turn to me and say "to me
this just sounds like randomly banging on stuff". ;-)

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se
www.perboysen.com

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