Re: [microsound] miles of styles of philosophes

[v dish <sidasah@xxxxxxxxx>]

Has anbody here read Deleuze's theory of music? If so can you suggest any
interpretations of this aspect of his philosophy, as I'm not finding it very
accessible.
Thanks!

Sidasah

On 1/29/07, Xdugef <info@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Are you really responding to my post?
>
> It was a serious question that was not asked out of anger (despite any
> of my not so recent posts). Since this is the ".microsound list" I
> thought it would be more relevant to the list to talk about how a
> philosophy.. any philosophy actually applies to a style or how one
> structures their music.
>
> Is that wrong of me to ask??? What is an example of a  "microsound
> issue"? I really want to know.
>
> Or maybe I'm missing the obvious.. take a recording of protesters, chop
> it up into indecipherable bits and call it ode to Marx?
>
> But to address some of issues you bring up... if consumerism is an
> issue then I suppose it is an unavoidable fact that if you use current
> technology and upgrade and add to your arsenal new gear on a regular
> basis then you might be considered a supporter of consumerism and
> therefore capitalism.
>
> Solution.. buy old/used equipment, use open source software and give
> your music away... move off the grid.. ferment soy beeans.. I dunno.
>
> Personally as much as I can I use "recycled" gear but I have money so I
> buy new shit too.. but I also giveaway alot of music as well.
>
> Is it an issue for anybody that Apple sells computers to the DOD?
>
> Adrian
>
> --- noelsus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > > Here's a request... define or list some ".microsound issues". Maybe
> > > that will get the ball rolling in a new direction. Obviously there
> > are
> > > probably many issues that would apply to all music but which ones
> > only
> > > apply to .microsound music.
> > >
> > > Adrian
> > >
> >
> > I don't see a need for this constraint. I read more than I post
> > because
> > there is rarely little more I can add. But to me all forms of art are
> > currently so dominated and manipulated by capitalism as it operates
> > today
> > that I see the kind of posts that Kim is making to be acutely
> > relevant and
> > they make me think contextually about what I do. It's not purely
> > political, it's socio-political and the environment in which we
> > create art
> > is so dominated by US socio-political imperialism that the worth of
> > such
> > discussion shouldn't be dismissed so easily. Consumerism is the
> > prevailing
> > religion in my country (Australia - the other developed country that
> > rejected Kyoto).
> >
> > The topics of the posts are quite transparent. It's easy not to open
> > them
> > if you don't want to engage in the debate. I don't understand the
> > anger at
> > all.
> >
> > It's not like there isn't a choice or there isn't room for discussion
> > about the wider social context as well as the narrower .microsund
> > minutae.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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