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Re: [microsound] Silence But Louder



Would any of us be interested, shocked, or engaged if we /did/ encounter a cd of pure silence? Like it or not, 'music' means something else now than it did pre-4'33".

- Scott

On Apr 23, 2004, at 8:28 AM, David William Newman wrote:

Has anyone ever released a professionally pressed cd (not cd-r) of pure silence? If not what is the most silent album known to us?

M. A. Doherty / concresc_e_nce writes:
Regarding Cage, and the consideration brought forth by him...
I do NOT think that the question raised by his music has been answered.
When speaking of such things as art, you can not ever end an inquiry,
really. The very fact that we are now raising the questions that he did is a good
mark that those considerations are still valid.
I would like to point out that music, in general, has not had time to absorb
considerations of silence as Cage proposed, and in other ways- however I
have seen a lot of work that points toward incorporating silence into
musical composition again, in microsound, in digital minimalism, and in
acoustic works.
ANY MUSICAL INQUIRY IS VALID. -Michael Andrew Doherty
www.michaeladoherty.com


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