Re: [microsound] Re:autechre/richard devine//techniques

[david turgeon <david.t@xxxxxxxx>]

> music theory would analyze a microsound piece and musically invalidate it
> because the theory could not describe it properly. theoretically, microsound
> is in the same category as "silence" or lack of music.

sure, if you live in the 19th century.  there _is_ a theory of silence
(or did john cage live in vain?)  starting from the futurists, there are
multiple theories pertaining to electroacoustic music, which microsound
is in great part related to.  not only that, but as soon as you
"understand" a piece of music, be it popular or academic, it means you
have built your own theory around it.

you're being too narrow here.  microsound music has rules, limitations,
& so on.  they may have not been written down verbatim yet (as was
classical music with its sonatas & symphonies, & as is popular music
with its "production rules" & "hit recipes") but they sure do exist
through an unspoken consensus which makes pimmon & pita "valid".

~ david