I always thought that this(experimental music) was a
strange kind of 'experiment' - when to test the theory
the result did not matter..
paul
--- anechoic <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >but i think in the context of an oeuvre of works
> loosely
> >umbrella'd as "microsound", this music operates
> under the context/tradition
> >of "experimental"
>
> "experimental music" (the traditional meaning) is
> created as a result of a
> composer testing a theory...the process is of more
> importance to the
> composer than the output and usually the
> experimental composer doesn't
> really care if the output has aesthetic value or
> not...most microsound
> would not be considered "experimental" in the
> traditional sense of the term