nothing particularly groundbreaking about it
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discogravy
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· Score: 5, Interesting
cage did this, as the article points out. one of the main points behind his "silent" compositions -- aside from the obvious tongue in cheek 'let's mess with the critics' attitude it had -- was the use of ambient sound as part of the composition. brian eno was inpsired to make "music for airports" (for intents and purposes the first non-classical "ambient" record) when he was recovering from a car accident and asked a friend to put a harpsichord record on the turntable..but she didn't raise the volume high enough before she left so he had to put up with it at a very low volume, barely loud enough to hear over the rain on the windows in his room. the ultra-quietness of these recordings reminds me of heavy metal guitarists trying to out-"heavy" each other. these guys are just trying to out-"quiet" each other.
Re:I didnt like them.
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ObviousGuy
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· Score: 2, Interesting
I just went back and listened to them. One problem I had was that the computer was louder than any sound being played. The noise of the cheap speakers drowned out anything but the loudest clicks and taps.
I've always thought that electronica was one of the closest relatives to traditional classical music where the meter and timing and beat were very similar in both styles of music. But this new electronica doesn't seem to have any of that. It's more like... random recordings of random sounds, no better than the background noise of your room.
This fad will hopefully pass quickly.
It one is really interested in some interesting electronica, there's a really great sound coming out of India or at least is based on Indian music. Very cool. I wish I could remember the term off the top of my head.
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Re:I didnt like them.
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ScumBiker
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· Score: 3, Interesting
As a musician, I completely agree about the state of classical music between '25 and '65. There where some great pieces done, think Copeland, but most of the rest was forgetable. I understand that composers are attempting to write in the style of the masters again. I recently heard a piece called "Loon" which was most certainly not pops, click and random noise and ideed got the feel of being in a marsh and hearing loons. Wonderful piece. Anyway, the lowercase music I've heard and been fiddling with on my Mac is pretty cool, although the extreme pieces that feature lot's of silence are in my opinion just plain silly. Does anyone remeber the radio program "Hearts of Space"? That is the kind of music I think of when I hear this lowercase stuff. I really do like most of it.
Thanx everyone for al of the great electronica tips!
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Re:This is bullshit
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jafuser
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· Score: 4, Interesting
It's nice to see Wired drawing some attention to these guys
Re-read the article and determine whether it was written to draw some attention to a music genre, or as advertising for DigiDesign and Apple.
Picture with a Mac
"magnification of minute sounds through a computer, typically a Macintosh."
"...and amplify them with software such as DigiDesign's Pro Tools."
"...attracted about 100 people to see three performers, all using Apple PowerBooks. "
"Macs are central to the creation of lowercase sound... and they amplify and edit the soft sounds on Macs. "
"this work has blossomed tremendously with the relative availability of Pro Tools (especially the free download from DigiDesign)"
"the lower prices of Mac hardware over the last few years"
"The Mac is the favored platform... Most people who work with computer music use a Macintosh. "
"This grew out of putting powerful computers into the hands of ordinary people..."
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Re:Surprise!
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 1, Interesting
One of the old game systems (early 90s) used to have an audio track on some of the CDs with this demented elf type guy talking. If you ran it in a CD player, you'd hear something like this:
"This disc contains computer data that can BLOW OUT your stereo system's speakers. Hit stop now,... or kiss your tweeters goodbye!"
Even with the massive quantities of archived data available on the Internet now, I still can't figure out just what disc/game system had that elf guy.
monty python
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prockcore
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Monty python wanted to do something like that, but the BBC wouldn't let them.
They would start the show normally.. but throughout the show, they'd slowly turn down the volume.. causing the viewer slowly turn it up.. then at the very end they'd crank the volume.
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cage did this, as the article points out. one of the main points behind his "silent" compositions -- aside from the obvious tongue in cheek 'let's mess with the critics' attitude it had -- was the use of ambient sound as part of the composition. brian eno was inpsired to make "music for airports" (for intents and purposes the first non-classical "ambient" record) when he was recovering from a car accident and asked a friend to put a harpsichord record on the turntable..but she didn't raise the volume high enough before she left so he had to put up with it at a very low volume, barely loud enough to hear over the rain on the windows in his room. the ultra-quietness of these recordings reminds me of heavy metal guitarists trying to out-"heavy" each other. these guys are just trying to out-"quiet" each other.
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I just went back and listened to them. One problem I had was that the computer was louder than any sound being played. The noise of the cheap speakers drowned out anything but the loudest clicks and taps.
I've always thought that electronica was one of the closest relatives to traditional classical music where the meter and timing and beat were very similar in both styles of music. But this new electronica doesn't seem to have any of that. It's more like... random recordings of random sounds, no better than the background noise of your room.
This fad will hopefully pass quickly.
It one is really interested in some interesting electronica, there's a really great sound coming out of India or at least is based on Indian music. Very cool. I wish I could remember the term off the top of my head.
I have been pwned because my
As a musician, I completely agree about the state of classical music between '25 and '65. There where some great pieces done, think Copeland, but most of the rest was forgetable. I understand that composers are attempting to write in the style of the masters again. I recently heard a piece called "Loon" which was most certainly not pops, click and random noise and ideed got the feel of being in a marsh and hearing loons. Wonderful piece.
Anyway, the lowercase music I've heard and been fiddling with on my Mac is pretty cool, although the extreme pieces that feature lot's of silence are in my opinion just plain silly.
Does anyone remeber the radio program "Hearts of Space"? That is the kind of music I think of when I hear this lowercase stuff. I really do like most of it.
Thanx everyone for al of the great electronica tips!
--- Think of it as evolution in action ---
Re-read the article and determine whether it was written to draw some attention to a music genre, or as advertising for DigiDesign and Apple.
Please consider making an automatic monthly recurring donation to the EFF
One of the old game systems (early 90s) used to have an audio track on some of the CDs with this demented elf type guy talking. If you ran it in a CD player, you'd hear something like this:
... or kiss your tweeters goodbye!"
"This disc contains computer data that can BLOW OUT your stereo system's speakers. Hit stop now,
Even with the massive quantities of archived data available on the Internet now, I still can't figure out just what disc/game system had that elf guy.
Monty python wanted to do something like that, but the BBC wouldn't let them.
They would start the show normally.. but throughout the show, they'd slowly turn down the volume.. causing the viewer slowly turn it up.. then at the very end they'd crank the volume.