Re: [microsound] influence vs. replica

[soren-microsound@xxxxxxxxxx]

Has it ever been possible to create entirely new music?  Everything
in the history of music is just a new spin off of one or many old ideas.  

soren

On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:28:35PM -0700, j.frede wrote:
> i would like to present a topic. in this day and age is it possible to
> create a un-influenced piece of art or music? i have been battling with the
> idea that a NEW form of art or music is not possible in the day and age we
> live in,,, other than a creating it by combining two or more mediums that
> have already been explored?
> 
> im not sure its possible to create NEW art (sound/music falls into this
> category). something as radical as Surrealism was in its birth or any form
> of Modern Art in pre-WWII era.
> 
> are we left with only presenting new theories? or is new Art possible?
> 
> j.frede
> current location:los angeles
> http://ritualdocument.com/jfrede
> po.box 292045 los angeles, ca 90029
> 
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