Re: [microsound] sad songs

[graham miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

that's why i play the penfield mood organ on all my tracks:) a

Matthew Mitchell wrote:

> I think that, generally, attempts to self-consciously inject mood into music largely do not succeed.  Conversely, attempts to eliminate emotion or mood from music that is self-consciously 'experimental' probably rarely succeed also.  For me, this works if emotion or mood is expanded a bit beyond the realm happy/sad/angry/emoticon level.  The spirit in which something is made is likely to come across regardless of the intent or awareness of the creator, I suspect.  Spirit would actually be a better term here than mood, probably.
>
> -matt mitchell
>
> >>what? no mood? yikes. might as well start lining up for the lobotomies.
> what is great art without mood or emotion?
>
> >
> > There are numerous exceptions but I'm convinced by and large microsound
> > is more about process and experimenting. I mean I'm sure it can be
> > microsound and express a mood. While I'm sure one can interpret
> > something as having more of one kind of mood than another, but still, I
> > mostly hear people expressing the desire not to consciously set a mood.
>
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