Re: [microsound] maths science and electronic music

[Owen Green <o.t.green@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

derek holzer wrote:

> That's because you're not making art with that light. If you were, you 
> might think of it very differently. If music is wallpaper for you, then 
> a more in-depth analysis and a deeper listening based on its history and 
> technique 

Does a 'deeper-listening' have to be based on history and technique?

> I find this "musical wallpaper" attitude
> to be most associated with pop and club music, where the sound is meant 
> as a kind of background environment, and often doesn't really reward a 
> deeper listening.

Not to disregard the evident truth that there is music aroudn that 
doesn't reward any sort of deeper-listening, historical/technical or 
otherwise, ISTM that there is plenty of stuff around (incl. 'pop and 
club') that can be very a rewarding ahistoical / non-technical listen.

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