Re: [microsound] good flavor means good taste!

["Beni Borja" <beni.borja@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I didn't get it.
On what end of the horse are you on??
Are not instruments only a mean to reach an artistic end??
There is in my mind a very clear hierarchy on that;  music comes first ,
instruments second.  Obviosly a good reliable instrument can be a great help
to create good music , but instruments and the ability to play them should
always be servicing a solid idea  to produce good music, don't you agree?

I myself am bored to tears by the tech talk that every once in a while takes
over this list.

Beni

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Cascone" <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound_list" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 3:10 PM
Subject: [microsound] good flavor means good taste!

> > i'm happy to announce that "good" music has *nothing* to do with "good"
> > software.
> well I'd argue just the opposite: that good tools do not necessarily make
> good music...while on the surface these two arguments might seem similar
> they are different:
>
> - the first conjecture supposes that a piece of music already judged to be
> "good" (by some agreed upon criteria) was not necessarily made with "good"
> (also by some agreed upon criteria) software...
>
> - the second supposes that a software tool already deemed "good" will not
> necessarily yield a "good" piece of music...
>
> two ends of the same horse but a different smell altogether...
>
> so the task seems to me to examine more closely what determines "good" in
> music as well as what determines "good" in software...not to arbitrarily
> create links between the two, but after careful consideration to see if
any
> correlation exists...this search for a correlation might reveal other
> factors involved in the process of creation that have more to do with the
> quality of the creators ability to select the "proper" tools that play an
> active role in the organization of musical elements that achieve an
> appearance of "good"...
>
> while on a train ride from Stuttgart to Amsterdam I chatted with a
> professional violinist in an orchestra who informed me that her violin
cost
> around 20,000 euro...when I asked her if there was a big difference
between
> a 20000 euro instrument and a 3000 euro instrument she indicated that a
> orchestral musician was not (tacitly) "allowed" to play a cheap instrument
> in a professional orchestra...her profession demanded good tools in order
to
> play that type of music (classical) in that sociopolitical/cultural
> context...
>
> so while not all music is created the same way (i.e., using "good"
software)
> there is something to be said for using a tool that performs tasks
reliably
> while offering a wide range of creative possibilities that is not limited
by
> the tool itself but only by the imagination of the user...there are so
many
> software tools now available that fit this criteria...as Gregory pointed
> out: one only has to find the one that suits them best...
>
>
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