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

[graham miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

what???

so what you're saying is instrumental music is fundamentally apolitical?
no message. period. sound without meaning. buzz. blip. blop.

hendrix's star spangled banner?

muzak?

white people playing jazz in the 50s?

hardcore?

pirate radio of any kind?

bootlegs?

hava nagila?

i can't believe anyone would think that, especially on this list... why
bother making music at all...

people can read anything they want into language as well... i don't get
your point.



g.




> On 6/21/05, Damian Stewart <damian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > How do you get across political messages in music which has no lyrics
> > and which has no voice samples?
> >
>
> You can't.  People can read anything they want into music, because
> music doesn't have any apriori political signifiers.


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