Re: [microsound] State of Music

[graham miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>

to be totally honest, i read my stuff back aloud in my evil insane genius voice,
this terrible overly theatrical fake british/bad shakespearean accent, pretending
i'm trying to convince my ensnared hero of the ultimate futility of his/her escape.
i know it's nuts, but it gets me writing in what i think is an academic style.
tongue and cheek. so yeah, you're right. i think of my reader as being either james
bond or spiderman about to meet their doom.  anyone i read to, over the phone,
whatever, it's always this pompous demented character, drunk with power. it's like
method acting but for writers. i assume this persona that i get a kick out of.
people reading the work have no clue - they think it's me. but it's just one side,
heavily doctored and amplified.

do you expect me talk?

no mr. bond, i expect you to die!

g.

>
> > to be honest, i could give a flying fuck who's reading my work. if they
> > don't  get it, it's their problem, so long as i'm proud with what i've written
> > and i believe in it.
>
> Oh come on, you don't mean that. Each text constructs a certain reader.
> There is no universal reader. Even if you write just for yourself you have
> constructed a reader which in this case is yourself. If you are writing a
> thesis then someone must be reading it, and you must care if they
> understand, or are even convinced by your argument (unless the thesis
> doesn't have one).
>
> > just like music, baby. nothing moves forward by adhering to convention.
> >
>


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