Re: [microsound] re: 12k's term

[lowercase <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i will have to agree with taylor on this one.  while yes... there is a
certain amount terminology being used and thrown around, they aren't
just there to make peoplel feel intelligent and market the product.  to
me it is very important what the sound artist/musician is thinking about
and the process invovled in creating an aural piece.  if the artists
says "12k presents term, a bunch of MP3 releases" it deployes a series
of mp3s without any ideas or concepts.  it sort of like going into a
museum of modern art and looking at many of the works in the last 30-40
years without having an understanding of modern, post-modern and other
aristic concepts.  the art pieces just sort of become these floating
pieces which may be cosmetically pleasing, but on an intellectual level
do not take a deliberate stance on what the artist wants to communicate.
something i've always been a fan of is opening up the discussion between
audio artists and understanding what each others conceptions of music
are and how the individual relates to their product...

brad

On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 02:03:23AM -0500, taylor deupree wrote:
> From: Andrei <andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: 12k presents: term.
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> <Pine.SGI.4.40.0201161916200.8634542-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> >That's deep, man.
> >
> >Pure data huh ? What's that supposed to mean anyway ? Why can't you just
> >say they're mp3 only releases and instead spew off all that other
> >pretentious nonsense. I suppose if I download a Britney Spears mp3 that
> >would also be "pure data and imageless sound information" since I didn't
> >buy a cd I can hold in my hand.
> >
> >This is the kind of thing that gets on my nerves about "microsound".
> >
> >Andrei
> 
> while it might sound like a lot of rhetoric to you, for me it was 
> very important, internally, to come up with a precise concept.. one 
> that had relation to 12k's more "proper" label aspect... it was 
> important to me to make this distinction as opposed to just slapping 
> some MP3s up on the web..
> 
> if it's too much for you to deal with you can ignore it and just 
> download the files.. or ignore everything altogether.. but, like it 
> or not, when one is trying to run a label (or any business for that 
> matter) writing press releases that make an attempt at sounding 
> interesting is part of the whole job..
> 
> i suppose i could take your advice and change it to say:
> 
> "12k presents term, a bunch of MP3 releases"
> 
> it's catchy.. in a britney spears sort of way..
> 
> taylor,
> 
> 
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> now: term. - http://www.12k.com/term
> 
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> 12k1017 cascone + chartier + deupree | after | CD
> LINE_008 richard chartier | of surfaces | CD
> 
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> frank bretschneider + taylor deupree | balance | CD | mille plateaux | feb 
> 2002
> 
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