Re: [microsound] Physical Media - Discussion

[Bill Jarboe <billjarboe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 I had an idea awhile ago . It isn't very original and rather 70's , 
which is good since it's also easy to define and such ideas get arts 
commission grants.

 Sell everything. After a couple of years auction the entire setup: 
harddrive , processor , tapes , discs , minidiscs , microcassettes , 
drumkit , guitars , microphones , cables , carpet , acoustic baffles , 
notes , pencils , underwear , birth certificate , credit cards , 
signature , friends , mother, photographs of the original setting in 
case the new owners need to make any adjustments.

  Then just be cool for awhile. Drink opium smoothies in an airport 
lobby in a different dimension . Sun Ra said: "Let's Leave this Planet" 
.. Did he leave the planet? No. John Lennon wrote: "Imagine no 
possessions" . Yeah , for ten minutes maybe. You see it isn't too 
difficult to be better than everybody else , just takes some initiative 
and a clean edit or two.

  Oh, the idea also solves the problem of coming up with titles and 
deciding on genre.







On Mar 7, 2006, at 2:16 PM, Scott Carver wrote:

> This brings up some interesting issues. We all know that format 
> differences (cd/mp3/vinyl/tape/etc) have some audible differences, but 
> it's struck me that the /perceived/ differences between the sounds of 
> each format are much greater than their /actual/ differences. The 
> differences people report between vinyl, cd, etc don't seem to be 
> explainable purely by the actual sonic differences between recordings 
> in each format. This seems to be a case where our cultural baggage 
> about a particular format has a significant impact on our "raw" 
> subjective experience of it. Our knowledge of the "cold hard" 
> differences between the formats, our individual personal histories 
> with them (longtime dj versus napster cowboy), tactile differences, 
> etc, all seem to play into this. It makes me wonder, for starters, if 
> we, as artists/label owners/dj's should be doing more to take 
> advantage of this sort of effect, by presenting works on hybrid/mutant 
> formats, or breeding novel formats with different sets of associations 
> and histories altogether. I realize that there are people out there 
> doing this sort of thing, to a limited degree. But it would be 
> interesting to see a more comprehensive attack, more wild 
> experimentation, etc, in this area. Any thoughts?
>
> - Scott Carver
>
> > > physical
> > > > media (Vinyl, CDR, CD).


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