Re: [microsound] tastes like microsound

[bryan garcia <brymoxine@xxxxxxxxx>]

well said.

it's all very true.  but also very false.  

b/g



--- brine <bmumford@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> i definitely agree with this sentiment.
> there's an awful lot to be said for wide-eyed
> exploration.
> and at the same time.. a friend once quoted 
> someone-or-other-who-is-regarded-as-'important' as
> having once said 
> something to the effect of "the only reason for
> abject experimentation in 
> art is the purpose of avoiding the straightforward
> expression of an honest 
> emotion."
> i wrote it off immediately, but it stayed with me
> and continues to gnaw at 
> me.
> i think there's something to it. i don't think it's
> dead-on or anything.. 
> but i do think that experimentation for
> experimentation's sake can become as 
> much of a crutch as imitative catharsis for
> imitative catharsis' sake.
> 
> i suppose all i'm really saying is that there's no
> proper way to simplify or 
> formulize the process.
> and i guess it's just best to allow yourself to be
> surprised and try not to 
> get defensive about it.
> 
> i'm sure this has all been said before, too.
> frequently.
> 
> my.02
> -b.
> 
> On 6/10/05, Barry Grant <bgrant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > My speculation, based on my own experience, is
> that if one doesn't regard 
> > music (only) as a source of consolation or
> nostaligia, it can become a vast 
> > area to be explored and one can find lots of very
> different things to like 
> > for very different reasons. Just like with
> literature or painting or any 
> > other art form.
> > 
> > Barry
> > 
> >
> 


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