Re: [microsound] talk about

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>> so i guess it's no longer an artistically viable for a musician to give a
>> shit
> about anyone other than his or her self? to do so is to be pandering to the
> banal world of pop music? what a crock of self-indulgent bullshit. creating
> a presentaion of your art in a medium beneficial to the experience thus
> making it more enjoyable for everyone involved is the prime objective of an
> artistic performance. this applies even if the goal is to disturb and annoy,
> make it as disturbing and annoying as possible. i believe this attitude of
> "fuck the audience,i'm an artist" is merely an excuse for mediocrity whether
> you compose microsound, trance, bip-hop, jazz, pop music or whatever. even
> people as infamous as miles davis for hating most of the audience members he
> performed for took a great deal of time to sound check and try new equipment
> to make a show sound better. this modern idea of selfishness and snobbery as
> being synonymous with art is truly pathetic!
> david palmer 

i think you're quite right.
for some particular performances, i use to play my equipement extremely loud
(i know this is the microsound list...), partly because that's the only way
to get the sounds i use, and partly because i want people to get involved
physically (vibrating bones included).
because of the sheer volume and frequencies i play, i supply stuff for
people to protect their ears (it just filters so that the killing freqs are
much safer without altering the overall sound feeling).
people's reactions diverge: some are happy with this, thinking that's
respectful to the audience, while the more noise inclined ones assimilating
huge noise with punk attitude can't understand why i bother; this is quite
funny.

when i create music i only think about what i want to hear, and never about
what people would like or expect to hear (that makes you quite few but
pretty valuable friends ; ).
this is what i consider the "i don't care about people" statement worth for.

+my 2 centimes+
emmanuel