[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [microsound] one copy label
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Tierney" <matthewdtierney@xxxxxxxxx>
but i can't help
thinking these are blankets we apply to music to try and make it more like
a
painting, or a sculpture, or a book, and we miss the true nature of sound
and music and fail to capitalize on it.
is there not some kind of battle between music and the plastic arts, where
music attempts to raise itself to the realm of material objects? music is
invisible. it is not beheld. and yet we want to give it a cover. a
container. every musical note ever disappears into the air. every sound
dies. this need or want to capture and record music and present it as an
object worth more than its worth to me seems somehow flawed.
Some artists see the music creation process as something almost physical.
Mentally, they sculpt and knead sounds/melodies/rhythms as if it were clay
or wood, chopping away bits and glueing pieces on. One artist compares sound
design and composition to making food in the kitchen - blending spices,
achieving textures, processing for new taste, etc.
The mass reproduction of music has reduced it's art-ness from that of a
single sculpture or painting to everyday groceries, butter and milk. If
music is art, why can it not be represented by one single embodiment, after
all it must be fixed on some kind of medium to be enjoyed by others, wether
it is a CD or coming from a piano. Paintings are also ideas in someone's
mind but must be fixed on a medium to be enjoyed.
Greetings from Glenn Folkvord
Web & content editor, Planet Origo
Origo Sound music: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/origosound
Origo Sound info: http://www.myspace.com/origosound
Origo Sound news: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/origosound
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: microsound-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
For additional commands, e-mail: microsound-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
website: http://www.microsound.org