[NewMusic] Flock

[kristin miltner]

his review of Semiconductor.  Rova is working with them for an upcoming
collaborative project.

WOW. Semiconductor is one of my absolute favorite A/V duos. Any more info
about this project yet?

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Jon Raskin <jon_raskin at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sound Art, Art, Music (2006) does a good job outlining the issues.  I've
> used sound, art, sound art, sound organizer, art music etc to say what I'm
> doing rather than what I'm not doing.  I'm not making blues, jazz, song
> form, classical, etc. which is the answer to the follow up question.  Venues
> need categories to book and promote and the ones with money aren't as
> open things that don't categorize easily.
> It was nice to see his review of Semiconductor.  Rova is working with them
> for an upcoming collaborative project.  More music and Technology together.
>  Jon Raskin
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: kristin miltner <miltnerunit at gmail.com>
> To: Bay Area New Music Discussion Group <newmusic at music.mills.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:13:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [NewMusic] Flock
>
> recommend reading Douglas Kahn's musings on thIis subject here:
> http://www.douglaskahn.com/writings-1.htm
>
> hey thanks,. this is cool....
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Adam Fong <adam at otherminds.org> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 10, 2008, at 8:42 PM, kristin miltner wrote:
> >
> > >> find a suitable definition which differentiates music from sound art,
> > >
> > >
> > > i was wondering this same thing. Matt, you care to try out a
> > > definition? A
> > > really tough and good exercise. I have tried and I don't think I have
> > > successfully put the difference into words.
> > >
> >
> >  recommend reading Douglas Kahn's musings on thIis subject here:
> > http://www.douglaskahn.com/writings-1.htm
> >
> > It's the essay "Sound Art, Art, Music". Grumpy, entertaining,
> > enlightening, all at once!
> >
> > -adam
> >
> >
> > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 6:50 PM, andrew wilshusen
> > > <liberatednsf at yahoo.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> There's an interview with Lennon talking about the Ono/Lennon
> > >> album Two
> > >> Virgins and explaining that it was basically stuff he'd been doing
> > >> for years
> > >> but with the Beatles they'd bury it in the mix with other pop
> > >> stuff whereas
> > >> with that album it wasn't buried.  Personally i'd rather listen to
> > >> Two
> > >> Virgins than any of the Beatles stuff any day.  the white album is
> > >> okay.
> > >> I'd conjecture Matt seems to prefer "the weird stuff" buried.  i'd
> > >> also like
> > >> to challenge a) that he can find a suitable definition which
> > >> differentiates
> > >> music from sound art, and b) that coming up with new concepts is
> > >> fairly
> > >> easy.
> > >>
> > >> andrew
> > >>
> > >> http://www.andrewwilshusen.com
> > >> http://oudevoida.blogspot.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message ----
> > >> From: Matt Davignon <mattdavignon at gmail.com>
> > >>
> > >>> The word "experimental" evokes that woodshed of ideas mentioned
> > >>> earlier,
> > >> or
> > >>> even an "R&D", but I've always wanted to make "music" rather than
> > >>> "sound
> > >>> art". Making weird sounds and coming up with new concepts is
> > >>> fairly easy -
> > >>> it's turning it back into music that's the challenge.
> > >>
> > >> That said, it's given me a whole new respect for pop music and well
> > >> produced
> > >> rock bands. If you listen closely, you'll hear all sorts of weird
> > >> stuff -
> > >> definitely as weird as anything I've done, but it's only about
> > >> 1/10th of
> > >> the
> > >> whole song for some of those folks. (I've been obsessing over
> > >> Radiohead
> > >> like
> > >> a teenager since the beginning of the year, but you can even hear
> > >> these
> > >> elements in a lot of hip-hop and "classic rock".)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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