Re: [microsound] Socio/political implications of microsound music?

[Michael Samos <michael.samos@xxxxxxxxx>]

I wonder about peoples experiences with microsound in their own lives?  Does
everyone feel that the descisions/directions/perspectives you have taken
have been influenced by your interaction as a listener or as an artists?
How so?  Means of production and distribution are an important part of the
discourse on art but they are far from the only socio-political aspects of
creation.
-mike
www.michaelsamos.com

On 6/29/06, Mat Ranson <mat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Not sure which books you paraphrased that from, though I agree with
> it, but if you used your own reasoning you'd have noted that a cheap
> second hand PC and a free copy of Pure data is well within the budget
> of most 'revolutionaries'.
>
> Mat
>
>
>
> On 29 Jun 2006, at 14:21, Jon wrote:
>
> > Dear PBJ,
> >
> > No -- sorry -- but I have no faith that Microsound has any profound
> > social/political implications implicit within the form.  To an
> > extent I'd say this is true of all modern music styles.  Especially
> > nowadays, no group (or set of performative/creative/consumptive
> > practises) has any real ideological claim over a style of art.
> >
> > I will also say, anticipating (perhaps wrongly - if so, excuse me)
> > that you mean Microsound has a progressive social/political agenda,
> > that you see much more Microsound being made by people with a
> > privileged background (bourgeois artistic sensibilities), and the
> > form is not unkind to latté-sipping beatniks... very few of whom
> > could be seen as 'revolutionaries'.  The truth is that artistic
> > radicals are most often aesthetes and while they may dabble in
> > political conscience, it's not the weight behind their art -
> > especially the wordless, insular art of Microsound, which is
> > predominantly composed on late-model laptop/desktop computers by
> > people who can afford them (ie. not factory workers).  As far as I
> > know it's mostly consumed through boutique retail and online outlets.
> >
> > Don't get me wrong - I really like it - but I have certainly grown
> > wary of artists and fans who attach an excess of political meaning
> > to artworks which have really little to do with any of it.  And of
> > course, 100% personal opinion.
> >
> >
> > $0.02 ...
> > Jon
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Dear m'sounders
> >>
> >> Sorry if that sounds like an essay title. I was wondering if
> >> anyone thought there was an explicit or even implicit
> >> sociopolitical aspect of microsound/digital music. For example,
> >> the way that lots of experimental music in the 60's was interested
> >> in non-hierarchical social and political structures which was
> >> reflected in the way that music was composed, created and consumed.
> >>
> >> Discuss!
> >>
> >> PBJ
> >
> > ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
> > dizzydonor.org
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: microsound-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > For additional commands, e-mail: microsound-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > website: http://www.microsound.org
> >
>
> Audio_SixSixSix
> Music Composition & Sound Design
> ………………………………………………
> m   +44 (0)7970 076525
> w   http://www.audiosixsixsix.com
>
>
>
>
>