half full or half empty?

[Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> is it like saying we're here to save the agonizing genre? because I also
> have this feeling of stasis - not so much in my work (- there are still
> millions of new algorithms, softwares, recording, mixing techniques to
> learn) as in the concept - the aesthetics of noise, chaos, mix, cut-ups,
> failure, etc. seems to have worn itself out a bit -

your post echoes the feelings of many people who listen not only to glitch,
microsound, etc. but many other electronica genres...the availability of
tools (freeware, shareware) and distribution channels (mp3 via internet) has
created a glut of product which creates a large noise to signal ratio in the
marketplace...there are ways to help overcome this that I cover in a lecture
I give...but this is a separate discussion...

the view (stated in the form of a question) that we are 'saving' an
'agonizing genre' is pessimistic and doomed to failure since there is no
actual genre of microsound per se...only a wide collection of various styles
and 'takes' on post-digital culture as it applies to creating music/sound
with software...the purpose of this list is to synthesize new ideas that can
help stimulate new work/discourse in the field of electronic music... 

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