Re: [microsound] Is choral music ambient?

[Matt Tierney <matthewdtierney@xxxxxxxxx>]

Loving all the input...So many great points and opinions.

Ambient has various definitions none of which suit all, but I think my
initial gripe came from the book I'm reading, which seems to say "this is
where ambient begins". Granted, ambient is just a word, like 'God', which
can allude to many things, if not beyond and outside of itself.

I find labels useful. To me it doesn't matter so much about what something
is categorized as, the term merely exists as point of reference so we can
have a conversation about it. It's like 'post-rock'. No-one can agree on it
being a genre and few bands adhere to it or ascribe to the label. It's just
a useful term at the general level. WIll be sure to check out STricklands
'minimalism',

Cheers


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mt

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 9:29 PM, babilano <babilano@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One of the earliest and purest forms of ambient music I can think of
> are sounds produced by wind instruments.
> Chimes, organs, long poles that humm.
> 'Music' that's just there as long as there is a breeze.
> Bali especially  has a long tradition in those kind of sounds.
>
> S.
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