Re: [microsound]: What is microsound ?

[Kenric McDowell <mail.jvkm.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 1/12/01 8:04 AM, Chris Bissonnette at CBissonnette@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:


> academia, seemed to promote escapism...transcendence perhaps. Micro seems to
> solidly ground the listener in the moment, like an electric jolt of reality.
> Microsound audio represents or reveals the process, where ambient music

I wonder if this is really true. Isn't there some obfuscation and mystery
that happens when one is on the other side of the powerbook? Microsound
often rewards focused listening but the process of creation is largely
undisclosed, especially when the artist uses his or her own software
(tmtowtdi).


-km