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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:26:00 EST
- Sender: Electronic Music Discussion List <EMUSIC-L@AUVM.BITNET>
- From: Robert Depin <DEPIN@TARGET.COM>
- Subject: Re: PHIL COMP
- Comments: To: EMUSIC-L@AMERICAN.EDU
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- >Baf! Words on paper are the meat and potatoes of the poet and the
- >novelist. Putting their thoughts to paper IS WHAT THEY DO. Putting
- >thoughts to paper is NOT what a musician does, a musician makes MUSIC.
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- I think this dicussion as failed to examin music as a means of communication.
- When I write or document my music I provide a method for other educated
- musicains to understand my music beyond hearing it. If they choose, they can
- perform it.
- I'm not completely sold on the current notation system, but it's all
- we've. It's universal expandable, and consistent. I personally hate music
- which I can only hear. It iterates me that alot of these "New Age" artist don't
- notate their music. Thus, I have to rely on my hear to understand how they
- created the harmonies, counterpoint, etc.
- The biggest advantage to notation is for performance. Your system
- guarentees that only you can perform your music properly. I personally like to
- hear my music performed by other people and see the audience's reactions. It
- allows me to step back and become the listener. Taped music has very little
- acceptentance as a performance meduim. This was a problem never overcome by
- music concrete. Music is both aural and visual when performed live.
-
- A musician makes Music, a composer CREATES Music.
-
- Bob
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