[sdiy] We are the Mummies (was: Freak at Home)

[Czech Martin]

it's the question of purpose of music.

Is it experience or insight?

A good piece of music always delivers some insight.

Selling toilet paper to people is also a difficult
task. They must like it, or you will not sell anything.
There is huge advertising campaigns, TV spots, creating a brand
image and finally a lot of profit. Millions and millions.
Toilet paper has a lot of fans so to say.
But certainly I'd not say that it is very relevant...

The older I get, the more I nauseate because of these
tons of sh*t the pop industry pours out over us
every day. 9 out of 10 radio stations and 19 out
of 20 are filled with cant.



But I have gone too far now, this is completely
of topic, no issue for the list. I is the holy rule
of this list not to argue about music.
So I shut up here.

m.c.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rude 66 [mailto:r.lekx at chello.nl]
Sent: Freitag, 9. Mai 2003 14:13
To: Czech Martin; jbv; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] We are the Mummies (was: Freak at Home)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Czech Martin" <Martin.Czech at Micronas.com>
To: "jbv" <jbv.silences at club-internet.fr>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 1:17 PM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] We are the Mummies (was: Freak at Home)


> don't worry too much. this is all about pop music.
> and pop music is absolutely irrelevant.
> so all the arguments to who invented what is even
> more irrelevant. it simply does not matter.
>

heh heh.. imho pop music is not irrelevant at all. it's all nice to make
music or compositions for a very select few with weird sounds. it's quite
another thing to shape it in such a way that 'the masses' will like it.
that's the real challenge. nothing is easier than sitting in an ivory tower
making academic music for an academic audience.
a great pop song will be part of popular culture. people will have bad or
happy memories from them.. it moves them. i think that's the greatest
achievement of all.. if you can make something that really moves somebody.


> nearly all of the interesting sounds of electronic music
> could be heard back in 1955 to 1964. Simply because
> the equipment was there.
> but of course not in a childish, minimalistic pop
> manner where the structure is often simpler
> than most nursery rhymes are...

that's too easy. sure they could be heard, but so could the sound of the
electric guitar. a piano has been heard for hundreds of years. that doesn't
mean no one can do anything interesting anymore with it.
and childish, minimalistic music is a lot harder to make than you might
think..

i agree this must have been a very exciting time. but that doesn't mean
nothing good has been made afterwards..

r./