Re: [microsound] Along the lines of the "visual arts" question...

[guiver ben <benreviug@xxxxxxxxx>]

well maybe its like learning to draw properly: i could
put in the hours (there would be plenty) but i'd
rather do something else, (lots of reasons why i
guess, not doing a formal arts degree might be one, i
mean its like a pianist who can play bach but cant do
there own stuff, too 'well trained') more immediate:
like making stencils and using them a few times. not
to devalue 'proper' drawing - although i might point
out that i draw most of my stencils anyway - but i
like the different application to image that stencils
etc provide. also prefer spray cans to paint brushes,
not that i dont use p brushes either. hmmm. 

sound can be visual in effect and vice versa: what
kind of sound would a picture make? (in your head, not
in metasynth etc). i think musics informed visuals for
me and vice versa more than i could say: i used to dj
a lot in london in the 90's and then when i got a day
job i fell out of that, ended up spending loads of
time in art galleries at the weekend......

also: just to sya the cover of a 12k release, 'After',
12k017, is pretty visual as its the underside of a
motorway / freeway (i think) underpass. very cool i
like it a lot, and it resonates with the sounds on the
disc. 

--- Derek Mason <derek.mason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I came to microsound because of an interest in this
> type of music.  I can not play an instrument nor can
> I sing.  I do write poetry and know alot of
> musicians, but I guess that doesn't count.
> 
> 
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Aaron Ximm" <ghede@xxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > ...I just watched myself type something that
> provoked me on the ambient
> > list.
> > 
> > I wrote, "maybe one reason I make abstruse music
> is that I'm a crappy
> > singer."
> > 
> > Immediately I wanted to pose the question here:
> how many people came to
> > microsound (or related difficult, electronic, or
> programmatic and
> > procedural sound forms) at least originally or in
> part because they were,
> > to put it bluntly, crappy musicians?
> > 
> > To put it more politely, because they couldn't
> express fluently through
> > more traditional musical avenues?
> > 
> > Not so much interested in the usual sophistry
> about how the terms are
> > defined, I know that drill -- as in honest self
> assessment, folks.
> > 
> > Fwiw I'm happy to say that in my own case
> necessity was indeed the mother
> > of invention -- I'm happy I took my particular
> course -- but I'm also
> > aware that if I could pick and rasp like Elliot
> Smith or Nick Drake I may
> > never have put down the guitar!
> > 
> >   best,
> >    aaron
> > 
> 
> 
>
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