Re: circus animals? (Re: WAS: Who uses looping in their promo material? NOW:Prerecordedmaterial)

[midifriedchicken@comcast.net]

Its funny how credibility works in regards to arts and music. In college, there were guys that played free jazz. Among them, some could play blazing be-bop, some couldn't. The guys that could,were regarded as much better free jazz players then the guys that only played free jazz. Yet, to non musician ears, it was all the same. Regardless, the Willow Club was empty by second set.

 

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From: "Travis Hartnett" <travishartnett@gmail.com>

> Many people are mistaken in their belief that country bass is simple
> because of the relatively small number of notes employed.
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> Has anyone seen the preview for this documentary, "My Kid Could Paint That"?:
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> http://imdb.com/title/tt0912592/trailers-screenplay-E33736-10-2
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> Very interesting in regards to "experimental" or "avant garde" art forms.
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> On 9/13/07, max valentino wrote:
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> > A few years back I got into a bit of hot water with the "experimental music"
> community. I was playing an expertimental music festival, and this event was
> being filmed for a documentary. I was early and was being interviewed. The
> question arose as to what makes an "experimental musician", and I repli ed that a
> great number who classify themselves by that title do so simply because they
> cannot play their instruments very well...if at all. It easy to be
> "experimental" when you don't know what it is you are doing. Not that that is a
> bad thing neccessarily...it certainly qualifies as self-expression. But, is
> beating the face of a guitar with a bologna sandwhich really a musical
> expression...or just silliness? Many "experimental" players have no concept of
> structure, which exists even in "free" playing, know neither how to listen nor
> how to hear, and while they can, for the most part, manipulate whatever
> machine(s) they are employing to perform the tasks they were designed for, most
> cannot really "play" those machines; work them in a matter from which they coax
> the music out of both the machine and themselves.
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