[microsound] Re: microsound Digest 7 Apr 2005 19:48:38 -0000 Issue 1387

[john kannenberg <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Overall, I have to say, not that you are wrong exactly, but that I
> think you should make your point a little more narrowly.  It's not
> always bad to have an efficient, pre-packaged computing solution to a
> particular problem.  Just because I'm learning PD shouldn't mean I can't
> still write other kinds of music that utilize my 18 years experience of
> composing and performing.  Not everyone who makes good art is a computer
> expert (though I hope to be that also someday).  Perhaps your critique
> applies better to certain genres of computer music creation, but not as
> a general statement.

This is an excellent point. I think the notion that the only "pure 
experimental electronic music" can be made using PD or MAX is a bit 
narrow-minded and misses the point.

Does anyone begrudge a composer like Morton Feldman for not building 
his own piano?

You don't have to build your own instruments to be "creative."

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> >

john kannenberg

[ http://www.johnkannenberg.com ]

[ http://www.stasisfield.com ]


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