Re: [microsound] two very important questions

[billy <glitchkitten@xxxxxxxxx>]

i have occasionally worked in a similar fashion.

using readymade materials (pop songs/field recordings
whatever) as a "source" or "guide" for certain aspects
of improvisation.

i also, have been very happy with the results!

my process or treatment of the original material is
loose analysis of the actual audio of the source - and
the final music tends to be quite distant from the
source material.

certainly not a set of instructions or processes (do x
if y, etc) but close....

i feel this way of working allows me to work out my
relationships with other material, and interpret this
relation as music, maybe a bit postmodern when using
"pop song" material.....

i'm not sure what this process "means"....anyone?

sorry, no website!


> on a related and projective note, i think it would
> be interesting to
> see more work using recordings (audio or midi) of
> popular music
> literally as "codes for behavior" - ie instruction
> sets - just as in
> this work i have quite simply translated musical
> objects into a set of
> angles and distances that might as well have been
> drawn in pencil as
> pixel.
> 
> sorry if this doesn't address the questions head-on!
> 
> enjoying the discussion,
> jake
> 
> On 4/13/05, Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > - How do musical recordings function as markers of
> power and codes for
> > regimenting behavior?
> > 
> > - Can we sample/alter those recordings to create
> > alternative musical narratives and different
> codes?
> > 
> > I would love to see a microsound TWiki text
> project develop around
> > these two questions...any takers?
> > 
> >
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