Re: [microsound] What a press kit should contain

[Super Coffee Beans <moog@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi.
i don`t see any connection between post-modern philosophy (a phrase i hate
mainly) and micromusic (music which i like basicly).
maybe it will be better if u will check what post-modern means?
A.
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From: "Rhett or Anna" <omserene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 1:13 AM
Subject: [microsound] What a press kit should contain


> >
>
> I use the term," preskit loosely" and for lack of a better phrase.
> This is on my mind because I am considering how to best go about bringing
some
> postmodern/micromusic performances to the Ca. Northcoast (Eureka/Arcata)
>
> A presskit should:
>
>     Contain a brief but insightfull definition of micromusic and should
allude to
> related
>     postemodern soundscapes.
>
>     A short description of  a "typical" (please understand we have to gain
the
> imagination of
>     the uninitiated) performance space/event.
>
>     Perhaps a list of places where there have been noteable performances.
SF MOMA,
>     NYC MOMA, Universities,  etc..
>
>     Synopsis of some discourse topics.  Such as; vertical vs horizontal
thinking, Form
>
>     vs. Process, Deluezian Machines (I need help with  this one.) The
problem of
> gestural
>     theater, temporal vs spatial, Semiotics of clicks and cuts....Also,
any other
> reason the
>     artforms of sound may be elevated above main stream pop culture but
still related
>     enough  to be interesting to the techno kids and other sophisticated
listeners
>     (particularly jazz) of all kinds.
>
> I confess my philosphical vocabulary is  limited but I am very interested
in the ideas
> many of you have concerning these topics.
>
> Keep in mind a presskit needs to be interesting and unintimidating. Some
of the target
> audience are in acadamia and others are patrons of the arts. The targeted
venue is to
> become an extension of  a summer event called "Jazz at the Morris Graves
Museum".
>
>


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