Re: [microsound] good flavor means good taste!

[claudio chea <yituey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

isnt tech talk an important part of this list anyway?????

why are u bored?

regarding kim's message:

i definetly aggree on the fact that a "good" tool is the 
one that could offer more possibilities for creation in an 
efficient way. the feeling of being limited by the tools is 
a very annoying one.. having a very good tool, and knowing 
how to work with it, is key in making "good" work....
...

claudio.
> 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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