[NewMusic] underwhelmed @ Mills

[Sarah - 21 Grand]

Barry wrote:
You know, I used to describe my music as "abstract" until recently,
when the word started sounding really funny to me.

sl: I think the word "loop" sounds funnier - though maybe that's just me.
The word "kumquat" is amusing, too.

Actually I think my music (and I assume the music you are talking
about with sound masses) is the opposite of abstract.  There is
almost no abstraction at all, its just physical sound.

sl: Okay Barry, now you're confusing me, but maybe my confusion stems from
applying the term "abstract" and what it refers to in visual art to music.
What you're describing would perfectly fit that definition of "abstract" -
sound as sound, as opposed to sound describing a pastoral scene, or a cow
jumping over the moon, or the death of Jesus, with elements that try to
realistically replicate what these things would sound like to a fairly
unimaginative person.

sl