Re: [microsound] good flavor means good taste!

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

Indeed .. you're probably right , media is the message and that whole thing.
I'm probably just aplying my personal tendency to
 over-conceptualize to everybody.

Agreeing that a hierarchy is not necessary , would you agree with me that in
general terms people tend to spend these days more time thinking about their
gear than about what they are really trying to convey thru their work??

Beni

----- Original Message -----
From: "NON-DESCRIPT" <SHOAR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: [microsound] good flavor means good taste!

> very nicely put. nd.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Antonio Hubilla <ah827@xxxxxxxx>
> To: Beni Borja <beni.borja@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [microsound] good flavor means good taste!
>
>
> > well, all i'm really saying is that i don't believe there needs to be a
> > hierarchy.  i believe that the technical aspects of the creative process
> > can be, & sometimes are, incorporated into the artistic intentions.
there
> > is definatley a particular aesthetic than can be cultivated within the
use
> > of particular technology, or any instrument for that matter.
> >
> > love
> > toni000
> > student.bard.edu/~ah827
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Beni Borja wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm not questioning the fact that the technical/craft part ( like the
> > > building/modification of instruments ) is an integral part of the
> creative
> > > process, I was merely suggesting that there is a hiearachy between the
> > > artistic concept and the means to achieve it.
> > >
> > > I emphasized that because I think it's very common in musicians today
to
> get
> > > overly worked up over the tech aspects and almost forget about their
> > > artistic intentions.
> > >
> > > Beni
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <ah827@xxxxxxxx>
> > > To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 7:19 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [microsound] good flavor means good taste!
> > >
> > >
> > > > Quoting 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??
> > > >
> > > > well, how do you feel about musicians that build their own
> instruments, or
> > > even take
> > > > apart & modify other instruments?  can this not also be considered
an
> > > integral part of the
> > > > artistic process?  for me, i feel like it is, but then again, most
of
> what
> > > i'm into is based in
> > > > free-improv.  so these kinds of decisions, are actually, in my mind,
> what
> > > make up the
> > > > composition.
> > > >
> > > > love
> > > > toni000
> > > > student.bard.edu/~ah827
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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