Re: [microsound] Silence But Louder

[Scott Carver <fscthaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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