Re: [microsound] guitar distortion as the 1st glitch aesthetic?

[bryan garcia <brymoxine@xxxxxxxxx>]

the first anecdote i heard about guitar distortionn
featured ike turner heading to sun studios, based on
the recomendation of b.b. king - (producers  were
paying money for colored band's music called "race
music").   on the way ike gets pulled over by the
cops.   the band had been travelling in a staion wagon
down highway 66, with all the gear on top.  during the
ensuing harrassment, ike's amp  falls over.   breaks. 
once they get to the studio, ike is distraught at his
malfunctioning amp.  the engineer puts some foam and
cement blocks in the back of the cabinet, and the
first rock song, rocket 88 , gets recorded.   they
didnt call it glitch though.

buenos dias,

bryan g.



--- Steve Adam <spectro7@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >hello all my microsound friends
> >
> >it occurred to me that overdriven guitar amps, and
> their eventual
> >(inevitably?) incorporation into the rock aesthetic
> is one of the
> >greatest examples of 'glitch' (or as cascone calls
> it, 'the aesthetics
> >of failure') at and early point, prior to digital
> technology. i'm
> >looking for the definite papers to cite or a paper
> i'm writing on
> >'glitch music.' (actually a master's)  any ideas?
> believe it or not,
> >it's not something that's been heavily
> investigated, especially in its
> >relationship to 'post-digital' music... i think it
> starts here, at sense
> >of a technology 'broken' or malfunctioning use with
> sheer intent of
> >generating a sound that was never intended... the
> basis of rock music, i
> >think (especially if one wants to differentiate
> between 'rock' and rock
> >n' roll.' i know the brief history adn process
> involved, but i'm looking
> >for the details and actually events in which music
> became 'overdriven'?
> >
> 
> I would guess that you wouldn't have to look too far
>  beyond the time use
> of amplifiers with guitars started to happen ( 40?s)
> and the subsequent
> quest for more volume commenced. In any case, the
> likes of Muddy Waters
> were already pretty well 'tuned in' to the harmonic
> implications of peaked
> amps by the late 40's. Whether or not he thought it
> was 'glitch', I 
> can't say...
> 
> S.
> 
>
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