Re: [microsound] the great depression of experimental music?

[chthonic streams <chthonic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Praemedia wrote:
>
> > Couple of problems with that. First being that you
> > contradict yourself. Music cannot be both 'available'
> > and 'ephemeral' in the long run. Talking over
> > generations here. If it is ephemeral and easily
> > disposable it is less likely to survive and therefore
> > eventually WON'T be available.
>
> This goes for the vast bulk of music ever produced. Music is 
> intrinsicly ephemeral - one has to go to some lengths (notation, 
> then recording) to make a /representation/ of it available. So the 
> ephemerality (?-nessnessness) isn't going anywhere, so to speak.

i think lance was getting at recorded music as an archive, regardless 
of music's ephemeral nature.  it's important to capture and document 
moments in time when things happened.  i believe the physical aspects 
of recorded music formats are a part of this archiving process.  they 
help reflect and influence the times.

unfortunately, there are plenty of people who make these physical 
objects who don't really care about them - i'd submit these are 
usually the same who don't contribute much musically/artistically 
anyway.  e.g. big pop music artists who don't care about the artwork 
or format as long as it makes them look good and helps make them 
money.


> Music flourished quite happily prior to becoming archived by either 
> notation or recording.

i don't believe that it flourished as quickly or was spread as widely 
before then.


> That said, I've got a massive record collection, and I'm 
> pathetically and unashamedly attatched to it, and to the idea of it 
> growing.

amen to that.


d.

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