i think it is funny that poor pita has to 'set the record straight' - he
already had set it straight when he made work that interested most of you -
the magic is in the music. it isn't about refrigerators, dj's, sampling,
etc. it is about what the artist is presenting to you as a work of art -
and in this way the duchamp thing, which i also initially felt was totally
irrelevant, kind of makes sense because as much as a urinal questions our
notions of sculpture; it seems that pita's presentation of a patch (not
using a cumputer for my work i have no idea what a patch actually is!) is
questionable to some of you as 'music' or sound art. it is never about
being the first one or claiming some kind of virgin territory for oneself.
anyone with a $30 soundmaker program can make oodles of oval tracks, but so
far no one has done an oval-like record that we all like and think is
original. it is the nature of this kind of music to use programs and
equipment designed to do one simple task that will specifically change
'sound' in one's work - but hey that is why guitar freaks used a boss pedal
or a dod pedal.