American Hip Hop

Flint · 01-31-2007, 10:52 AM

Although this may be a bit reductionist, coming from a perspective of music as art, but in one sense it is perfectly natural that anyone who actually plays a musical instrument would expect the definition of music to consist of more than button-pushing and braggadacio. I'll just throw that out there. On the other hand, electronic forms of music can be thought of as a sonic sculpture, using different tools as a means of expression. Then, you have to wonder: what is being expressed? That comes down to a matter of taste. Some people might say Prog Rock expresses nothing more than "Hey, listen to us, we're playing in three different time signatures simultaneously" . . . Of course I wouldn't say that because I believe that music actually contains musicians displaying musicianship. Which is, of course, completely subjective.

01-31-2007, 10:52 AM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Although this may be a bit reductionist, coming from a perspective of music as art, but in one sense it is perfectly natural that anyone who actually plays a musical instrument would expect the definition of music to consist of more than button-pushing and braggadacio. I'll just throw that out there. On the other hand, electronic forms of music can be thought of as a sonic sculpture, using different tools as a means of expression. Then, you have to wonder: what is being expressed? That comes down to a matter of taste. Some people might say Prog Rock expresses nothing more than "Hey, listen to us, we're playing in three different time signatures simultaneously" . . . Of course I wouldn't say that because I believe that music actually contains musicians displaying musicianship. Which is, of course, completely subjective. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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