Re: [microsound] building blocks

[Craque <craque@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with David here, as a (wannabe) conservatory dropout myself... 
the computers for me are a tool towards my own goals of making music, 
which i was trained to do without any aid from computers at all.

Someone else mentioned this too, how they used "what worked" for what 
they needed. I often find myself using this approach: with ideas in 
mind as mental models I try to find the external ways of realizing 
them.

I think the essence of the discussion is that it's important to 
emphasize the NON-computer parts of music making as well as the tools, 
which is what I think is missing in a great deal of electronic music 
these days.

On Apr 7, 2005, at 12:51 PM, David Powers wrote:

> Hi Derek,
>
> I appreciate your perspective greatly.  But I might add that I AM a
> composer... that's the thing... I've been composing for years already.
> Also I've been playing piano and improvising (first jazz, later more
> experimental/atonal improv) for 18 years.  And some of the pre-packaged
> software lets me use the composition knowledge and performance skills I
> already have.  If I know what I want to achieve as a 
> composer/performer,
> and there is a tool already available that lets me achieve it, why not
> use it.


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