Re: [microsound] Fwd: Paul Lansky pulls the plug

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It sounds to me like the writer doesn't know electronic music, or only 
knows enough of a small sub-genre to make sweeping generalizations from 
a populist view.

Case-in-point: name-dropping Radiohead instead of an artist who used his 
software. Looks to me like the author doesn't know anything more about 
Paul Lansky than Google or Wikipedia does.

Maurice Rickard wrote:
> Phil Stone wrote:
> > I  don't disagree with the gist of what Mr. Lansky says -- more power 
> > to him as he enjoys the delights of acoustic music -- but the 
> > editorializing of the article's author is maddening.  He writes that 
> > computer music is about "total control", and has "no performers" (in 
> > fact, the word "antisocial" was thrown in for good measure).  This is 
> > a very bigoted view of computer music, perhaps deriving from very old 
> > ideas about it.
>
> Good point. It smells like lazy journalism--"OK, what's a quick, easy 
> way I can set up some kind of tension/drama here...oh, right: soulless, 
> antisocial computers vs. warm, friendly humanity.  Yeah, that'll do."

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