Re: [microsound] the fetishist - WAS Re: [microsound] nuno cannavaro

[jonah dempcy <jdempcy@xxxxxxxx>]

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From: "tim jaeger" <tim_in_flux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 11:22 AM
Subject: [microsound] the fetishist - WAS Re: [microsound] nuno cannavaro


> >it seems to me that all music is fetishism as you describe it. jazz >or
> >improvisatory musicians fetishize their instruments and stylistic
>playing,
> >rock bands fetishize their styles, etc. eg: certain formal elements >that
> >"stylize" the sound; common melodies/hooks; trends in music.
>
> >saying this as you put it: formalities and common techniques in all
>styles
> >of music tend to reduce creativity and "derail" the desire of the >music
> >for
> >another purpose.
>
> whoah, this is waaaay out of whack! fetishising instruments and music
> itself? i've taken basic introductory freudian/marxist courses and agree
> more with josh here...maybe obsession is a better word, as it's kind of
> difficult to have a 'rock-n-roll fetish'

"all music is fetishism _AS YOU DESCRIBE IT_" doesn't mean i think all music
is fetishism. ;)

i was trying to say that i think he was describing something else, perhaps
"obsession" .. and it's a natural form of all music. in fact it is by
degrees present in all forms, isn't it? "obsession" on the part of the
artists creates an intelligible, orderly, comprehensible work, eh?

-jonah