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- From: Robert_L_GIBSON@UMAIL.UMD.EDU (rg8)
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.emusic-l
- Subject: Re: PHIL COMP
- Message-ID: <9212212300.AA20276@umailsrv0.UMD.EDU>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 23:00:00 GMT
- Sender: Electronic Music Discussion List <EMUSIC-L@AUVM.BITNET>
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- Comments: To: Electronic Music Discussion List <EMUSIC-L@american.edu>
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- >My apologies to Mike Metlay for bruising his extremely delicate sensibilities.
- >He may remember that the original posting was soliciting people to describe
- >how they compose, which is what I was doing, and I don't think I needed to be
- >flamed for my effort.
- > You'd darned well better believe I'd be just as happy having live people
- >play my music. Unfortunately this doesn't always happen soon or often enough.
- >On the other hand, these machines we like to play with can do a lot of things
- >that live musicians can never do, and make a lot of sounds that no other
- instru
- >ment can produce. I can't imagine being without them.
- >
- > --Mark Simon
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-
- And that's the point, isn't it?
-
- Bob Gibson
- rg8@umail.umd.edu
-