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



Judging from the approach you seem to be interested in, you would probably get the most out of looking into Trevor Wishart's music. His piece Redbird is one of the better (and maybe the most paradigmatic) example of this kind of thing that comes to my mind. (I could throw a copy online if you're interested, recordings can be few and far between). His later work is worth exploring as well. You should /definitely/ take a look at his book On Sonic Art as well. I've got some issues with his approach to music, but his work on these kinds of problems (meaning in music, mostly) is really extensive and interesting.

- Scott Carver

On Jun 21, 2005, at 7:50 AM, Damian Stewart wrote:

How do you get across political messages in music which has no lyrics and which has no voice samples?

As I grow younger, more naive, and more idealistic, I'm becoming increasingly interested in music as a way of expressing opinion, as a way of spreading consciousness about things that don't find their way into the media. I'd like to believe I can do this using non-verbal music, that is, music with no lyrics and no voice samples (eg, of politicians).

Without using liner notes or track titles (because when music is transmitted over the internet all you get is the .mp3 file), how does one attach clear, unambiguous meaning to non-verbal sound? What are the precedents? I imagine there's some punks out there somewhere who are as I write experimenting with this stuff but I can't read all the zines that exist so I can't hear about them..

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