Re: [microsound] Re: computer games

[Greg Godwin <gregg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

pelagius pelagius wrote:

> > From: kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > the same happens
> > with journalists who know little about the history of computer music 
> > and/or
> > how it is made...they tend to reinforce and propagate myths based on 
> > their
> > lack of understanding ...
> > it hasn't been until the laptop became the "axe du jour" for electronic
> > music...
>
>
> The whole "laptop musician" thing is the most ridiculous instance of 
> the  press revealing its ignorance. I mean, how exactly does a laptop 
> differ from  any other computer (other than the fact that it folds up 
> and is easy to take  to gigs)?  This would be like trying to label a 
> scene as "nord rack rockers"  or something, differentiating them from 
> people who are so uncool as to use  the keyboard version rather than 
> the hip rack mounted version.  Is anyone  else as perplexed by this as me?

um, no.

the laptop isn't being differentiated from any other sort of computer. 
there is no difference. for practical reasons, the laptop is more 
convenient and popular for live performance, it appears more often, 
hence the media-term.

also it is possible that the term "computer music" has an older (and 
more academic background), but then this could be conjecture... laptop 
musician generally relates to a younger generation of operators and 
artists that began to appear from 1994 onwards. yadda yadda.