[NewMusic] Skronkathon 07

[Cypod]

Usually sound becomes painful when it stops being a pitched noise and
instead is a shshsh type sound, i.e. all cilia in cochlea have been
triggered, no more ability to detect pitch in a harmonic register.
I am willing to believe that the clarinet was not too loud. Most like it was
the combination of sounds that peaked beyond the amplitude level of personal
comfort. Then the question becomes why did the clarinet initially get
singled out? And since we're on the subject of music as scientific
experiment, my hypothesis is, because of the unusual register which it was
played.

Audiences want to own the music that they hear, and perceive it as an
extension of their personal style. One of the challenges of new music, is
that listeners can not compare it to other music that they have heard and
determine whether to accept or decline. if it does not fall into the
accepted category then most often it is dismissed. As creators of new music
how are we to reach out to audiences without alienating them or merely
rehashing the past.

My advice is to mix it up. Play something that is more familiar and combine
it with something unusual. Try adding register transfers to your polyphonic
melody. By playing some notes in a familiar register juxtaposed with those
of other octaves, you can connect with the new audience while still
introducing them to some stylistic innovation.


On 7/20/07, Matt J. Ingalls <ingalls at mills.edu> wrote:
>
>
> > are you being serious here?
>
> TOTALLY!
>
> > I often thought you did
> > htat kind of playing to piss people off and see what
> > kind of reaction you would get. :)
>
> you actually thought that?!?  why on earth would i do that?
> what a waste of time -- besides, pissing off the audience is SOOOO 20th
> century...
>
> -m
>
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