[microsound] microsound as pop music

[Alex Keller <akeller@xxxxxxx>]

>And I mean if one were to sit down and dissect and analyze an Ikeda piece,
>for example, in terms of construction and compositional structure there
>wouldn't that be much to say, you could sum up what's going on pretty
>quickly, whereas there's a lot to talk about in a Xenakis or Stockhausen
>piece.

but isn't that a deliberate aesthetic decision on the part of the artist? i
thought that part of the point of 'microsound' is to create work that is
uneventful... the simplicity is a decision, and the work can be simple in
any number of ways. in pop music the simplicity is just following an
easy-to-read formula.

btw, i'm alex keller, have been lurking on the list for about three weeks
now. more at http://www.alexkeller.net.




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