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Re: What's experimental?
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>> What's Experimental [music]?
>>
>> I can't explain it. But I know it when I hear it.
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I don't think this is true.
Audience and player don't share the same point of view.
I can "experiment" playing guitar thru a looper without amp so I can't
hear
me during 30'.
Then I turned on the amp, record and send the mp3 and let you hear the
result.
Depending of my skills (or my intentions), this could be experimental or
not. Do I know my scales? Is my timing good an could I sync to the
flashing
tempo LED of my jamman?,....
As someone said the background and education of the listener is important.
When I was 18 (in the 90's), Sonic youth was experimental (hey look, you
can
have a guitar for each song, What? There is alternate tunings?). Now, I
still like them but I don't find the music so experimental anymore, it's
their "style".
Having played with several random/algo/fractal music generators (a cat in
a
piano ;-), I can say that even for this kind of music, after a while it's
also sounding the same and I find it boring. The soft has its "style".
Playing with a tenori_on is experimental, ... for a while,... or in front
of
an audience discovering it. Then if you are "educated", you'll say "so
what?
this is just a step sequencer with several tracks of different lengths, i
can do this with my Rm1x or my ...)".
IMHO the goal of music is to entertain, either the listeners (top
50/pop/dance stuff) or the musician (new experiences: scale, rhytm,
instrument or whatever ...).
Just my 2c,
Ben.