[NewMusic] game soundtracks

[Phillip Greenlief]

Barry threw <bthrew at gmail.com> wrote:    
> He studied at
> Berkeley School of Music with Doc. Richard Boulanger(think OLPC), and


Berklee.

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PG:
Yes, Berklee - or, where to go to be trained to become a craftsperson in the jazz idiom. It's an industry school, not a place where art is cultivated. These institutions have killed jazz - they have transformed it into something not far beyond the realm of painting by numbers. I'm sickened by the results. Out of all the people I know that have come out of that school, less than 10% actually have something to say on their instruments.
   
  As Looney said regarding game/sound/music composition - it's not art, it's craft.
  An apt analogy could be made with an association to the Hollywood movie industry. There are a lot of fine craftspeople working in the industry, but the results: well, I don't even have to say it, do I?
   
  Thanks also to GC/Ted Brinkley for speaking my mind on the subject. I've never played a video game, so I can't really comment on this subject further.
   
  But the idea that art could be associated with something called "game" is curious. Art is "doing something". Games, for me anyway, are about wasting time while you're waiting to do something worthwhile.