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Stuart Saunders Smith - The Links Series of Vibraphone Essays

Vic Chesnutt - Over (this is a link to a song, it's hard to tell on here)

Horrible loss.

Speaking of Zeitkratzer, check out the tracklisting for this one!!!! ("Legion" is one of my favorite metal records) Has anyone heard it? Yeah, it's awesome. Kunsu Shim and "Hamburger Lady" on the same CD? Yes, please! Their more recent stuff like the "Volksmusik" album and the collaborations with K...

i quite like the orchestral version by the Zeitkratzer ensemble. http://www.asphodel.com/releases/view.php?Id=100&SessionID=23fc06c4b30828ba7f98 Like many of Zeitkratzer's arrangements of electronic music, I think their version of MMM is far better than the original (not that I don't like the origi...

RFKorp wrote:

jkudler wrote:but of course, maybe we are just saying "improvisation is good for some things, and composition is good for others."

improvisation (with its often-inherent elements of composition) and composition (with its often-inherent elements of improvisation)

Agreement!

So, I don't believe in engaging in this particular battle when making music either. Why can't one's work embrace the elements of composing, listening, playing (is there something else? maybe our polygon has even more than three points) that serve one's fundamental understanding of a situation witho...

I don't really want to open the "what is improvisation?" can of worms even further than it has been already, but I see improvisation and composition as separate, distinct types of activity. i didn't meant to imply otherwise. but the cage quote, at least de-contextualized like that, does seem to hav...

there's a famous cage quote that goes something like this: "composing music, playing music, and listening to music are three totally separate things; what could they possibly have to do with each other?", and one thing that i like about improvisation is that it's all three, happening together. I do...

heh, I thought you were disagreeing, that's how confused this thread has made me. Anyway, he was one of the most brilliant thinkers and writers on music and composition in the 20th century so whether he's an "expert" on improvisation or not doesn't concern me. is that statement based on this book? ...

I was just agreeing with you Jon, I don't see how the quality of Herbert's compositions are relevant if you're so interested in slavishly adhering to the topic. Anyway, he was one of the most brilliant thinkers and writers on music and composition in the 20th century so whether he's an "expert" on i...

RFKorp wrote:Jon's point, which I agree with, is that if those impulses involve a well-practiced technique on a familiar instrument, they can never be truly of the moment. Especially so when playing solo.

"Improvisation is the spontaneous use of an already learned language." - Herbert Brün

My favorite things this year: Israel Quellet - Soni Sclavus Seth Nehil - Flock & Tumble Michael Pisaro - Hearing Metal 1 irr. app. (ext.) - Kreiselwelle Jason Kahn - Vanishing Point Olivier Capparos & Lionel Marchetti - EQUUS Pierre Berthet - Extended Loudspeakers Jason Crumer - Walk With Me nmperig...

I always assumed that "DW" meant Dean Wiggingston.

Also:
Chris Weisman - Hi

Composed in 2008, "Turned" is a single 20-minute piece for maracas and continues Hennies' research into the potential of under-used percussion instruments. Released by Portland label Architect Records, comes in a 3" jewel case with professionally printed artwork. http://architectrecords.blogspot.com...

http://www.discogs.com/image/R-364640-1105805892.jpg http://www.doppelganger-records.com/data/doppelganger/_/70726f647563742f636434323236646432622e6a70670032353000.png Just discovered the music of Pierre Berthet via the Sub Rosa website. Instrument builder/inventor, percussionist, former Arnold Dre...

I doubt for a second he ever intended it to become a 'genre' This seems to be a common thread among people that coin these terms who aren't journalists or critics. I remember seeing a panel discussion about "lowercase" around 2001 in L.A. with poor, flustered Steve Roden who kept insisting he never...

lukaz wrote:as i recall from The Wire's interview w Basinski he was an early supporter of Antony- he performed quite often in his club/space that Basinski had run ...

Basinski plays clarinet on the self-titled A&tJ album, too.

What IS anti-music? From what I know, "4"33'" was actually furthering the spectrum of music rather than going "against" it. A bit late to the game on this thread but, I was going to say something similar. In Michael Pisaro's recent excellent Wandelweiser retrospected on erstwords he says something ...

Cory Allen - Hearing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Hears