Re: [microsound] failure

[david turgeon <eerie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> i can take a bunch of my dsp-based software, create a few
> relatively nice (in my opinion) sounds, bang them out at random
> while recording it and call it microscopic music. if i'm really
> adventurous i can even have them loop in time in something like Max
> and bring stuff in and out, thus giving the impression of a
> kind of structure or composition.
> here's the clincher: this will take me all but a whopping twenty
> minutes to do at most. it's easy, painless, and most people couldn't
> tell the difference between that and something that took someone several
> months to complete. on the other hand, taylor can tell in about ten
> seconds my lame-ass attempts to write ambient music as well as dan (s358)
> does. :)

i think what it boils down to is this: how many times will you listen to
this piece of music afterwards & still find it interesting?

if you say 'several', then whether you've spent 20 minutes or 2 years on
it doesn't make much of a difference.

~ david
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