Re: [microsound] sad songs

[Jeffrey Matz <jmdada_79@xxxxxxx>]

y'know, i think mood is important...

but i understand where matt is coming from when he says "spirit." since i 
think most of us are creating instrumental music, the overall tone becomes 
more subjective, there's no voice telling us what we should be thinking. at 
the same time, an album like "endless summer" carries a definite warmth to 
it, and i think that "spirit" of the music (as well as it's title) can 
translate into a certain mood, the same way a brinkmann piece might sound 
colder, or more sparse, and thus we translate that in to a sad or dark 
mood...

now, to me, microsound's at it's best when the tonalities aren't totally 
alien. i love when i hear some new tracks people are making and the sources 
are vaguely reminiscent of something, instrumentally or otherwise because 
there's that hint of familiarity--

so with this familiarity idea, i'm currently making tracks based on bad 
photographs, blurry, accidental, overexposed, etc. i'm hoping that by 
leaving hints of my source material, i can carry this "spirit" idea without 
getting overly involved with setting a "mood"

that's just my two cents...



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