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

[Phil Stone <pkstone@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way:

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/08/05/pioneering-composer-paul-lansky-quits-electronic-music/

from this article:
> I think it would be a real tragedy if the conventional wisdom that 
> “everything’s been done” were allowed to apply to electronic music, 
> when it remains very young. There are plenty of new sounds to discover 
> in electronic realms, and they’re in no way mutually exclusive to 
> working with acoustic sound. Acoustic instruments have a millenia-long 
> head start. I hope we can approach electronic sound with the same 
> freshness Lansky did – and now will bring to things made of wood.


Well said.


Phil Stone

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