Re: [microsound] MAX/MSP

[Kenric McDowell <kenric@xxxxxxxx>]

I for one wasn't joking.

I was thinking more of "pushing possibilities and experimenting with"
oneself. 

Duchamp's concept of the readymade involved considering everyday objects as
sculpture, which Cage extrapolated to sound to develop a new method of
listening and composing.

"channel all mental bandwidth to the ears!!" would seem an approach best
suited first to listening, then to composition. Of course you have to find
something to listen to first...

-km



on 6/1/01 11:16 AM, --|.TWINE.|-- > at twine_sound@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I hope you are all joing.  That seems like a very narrow view of pushing
> possibilities and experimenting with sound.  IF you are trying to write
> polished pop music, then I see your point.  But if you are working in the
> field of electronic sound, than this view is a hinderance.

> --Chad

>>> Up with readymades! I love the mnortham "breathing towers". It's much
>> more
>>> satisfying to make fewer decisions. It keeps the mind and ears flexible
>> as
>>> well.
>> 
>> yes, exactly, free up the brain, channel all mental bandwidth to the ears!!
>> fiddling is a distraction and the sound suffers.  Never tweak anything
>> unless you're trying to fix a problem, otherwise you're only creating a
>> problem.
>> 
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