Re: [microsound] Re: being 'political' in non-verbal music

[Bill Ashline <ashline@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/22/05, Josh Ronsen <joshronsen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I don't think the question is how can wordless music
> have a political meaning, but how can music made that
> is so entrenched in the current economic worldview
> effectively question that worldview.

Impressively written question here.  Nicely stated.  But I think the
situation about using the Apple computer is a bit more complex.  LCD
screens are manufactured in Korea, primarily, the twelfth largest
industrial economy in the world with a high standard of living.  And
using an Apple is an alternative to the dominance of Windows though
not as politically preferable as using Linux.  So using an apple
machine is somewhat counterhegemonic all the while supporting the
hegemonic "aspirations" of Apple.  Also, I shouldn't have to mention
that popular music isn't always the inert status quo-supporting form
that's being applied here.  A lot of popular music has been
politically counterhegemonic too.  A lot of the popular music of the
sixties and seventies for example.

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