Re: [microsound] Input/Output

[jayrope <jayrope@xxxxxx>]

before quoting "old Greece" you should really listen to some of
Theodorakis´ worx -

jayrope

Oeivind Idsoe wrote:

> Regarding the input+output equation concerning electronic music...I came
> across this great quote by Xenakis (the metaphorics indicate that it is
> highly influenced by one of X.s great influences: old Greece ("hey! keep
> Travolta out of this")):
>
> "With the aid of electronic computers, the composer becomes a
> sort of pilot: pressing buttons, introducing coordinates, and
> supervising the controls of a cosmic vessel sailing in the space
> of sound, across sonic constellations and galaxies that
> could formerly be glimpsed only in a distant dream.?
>
> I have no problems pushing buttons, especially not if what I´m actually
> doing is sailing a great cosmic vessel. Beam me up, Iannis.
>
> /Oeivind/
>
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