[microsound] Re: laptop is new jazz....

[holzkopf <holzkopf_head@xxxxxxxxx>]

>  >i never really understood the comparison between jazz
>  >and laptop music.  i can see the comparison with some
>>laptop music, but both genres are so big and branch
>>off in so many directions that i don't think it's a
>  >very accurate statement.

Agreed, but @ least here in CHI, it seems these histories and 
practices are very interwoven and interdependent.

>  >also, i've always seen a connection between noise and
>  >folk.

This is a very important point. I would add that connections are 
strong between what has been being discussed on this list as folk and 
game-boy music. Specific ppl I know are directly fusing these 
traditions (i.e. Mark Denardo, http://www.markdenardo.com) but more 
broadly, the culture of game-boy music seems to be more "grassroots" 
and/or self-organizing as well as relying primarily on individually 
authored apps, obsoleted technology and community driven resource 
sharing.
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jonCates

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