Re: [microsound] tech q's

[Tim Kugel <guitardo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The aesthetic and philosophic issues I am most drawn to involve process, ideas
for projects and more...I like the book chat archives...and the software notices.

But, I am tres interested in the psychology and/or contextualizing microsound.
We haven't had a thread on this for awhile.  Initial reaction vs. after much more
exposure. "Tool fatigue" (haha) and volksmusik....good topics.  I find
discussions of computer speaker systems [for example] relevant to the psychology
topic. Ditto a lot of the other  "tools" topics.   In addition, the quotes and
rants and threads having to do with topics like art...dada...Duchamp...etc. -
have yielded insights. The common tie of experimentalism brings many correlating
passions to the list. The lit discussions are good if tangential.

Restraint is shown on this list usually   - Mea culpa re: politics. This list
also has served me in introducing me to musical friends and contacts.  Stephen's
idea of posting more than a list of listening faves...to add
description/site/context - is a good one.  Idea: everyone review a single piece
(or a choice of a few). Could be interesting.  Another: (a project?)  Two pieces,
one using the reverse process from the other.

Kim Cascone wrote:

> members gravitate towards the safety of tech/trainspotting
> subjects in fear of debating slippery topics such as aesthetics and
> philosophy and incurring possible unpleasant (and personal) remarks made by
> list members who are better off ignored...so I am not sure how to swing it
> back to its original purpose...ideas?

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