[sdiy] wave/surf machine

[synth at oldmail.charlielamm.com]

Batz:

When saying this group barely considers me an artisan, I am being more
self-effacing (sp?) then anything else. This is how I see it: When you
play Hendrix in a cover band and drive a camry, that is a far cry from
jamming good on Kamillo Lendvay and driving an art car.  You get the
idea.

The group actually loves having me around, for no other reason than that I
am handy. Interesting to note that I might not be the first guy they call
when they can't decide which Marc Dalbavie opus really did change the
world, but I am the first they call when their laptops won't boot.

--CL

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Batz Goodfortune wrote:

> Y-ellow CL 'n' all.
> 
> At 12:39 PM 9/20/04 -0700, synth at oldmail.charlielamm.com wrote:
> 
> >As far as the Marpac; I can't just buy a ready-made one; the whole idea is
> >that local artisans (a category into which I guess I just barely fit) must
> >create each part of the project "from scratch".  Perhaps I could buy
> >something from Ebay and repackage it, but I think the guys running
> >this expect me to bring in a homemade metal box with sharpee on it that
> >says "surf's up!!" or something.....
> 
> Just out of interest. Being your actual "Artisan" I would have taken 
> offence at that. Going out and gathering the audio then editing it 
> together. Then building up a computer system to play it back on demand is 
> not "Art?" I beg to differ. It is part of the "ART" I'm infamous for. Some 
> may even argue that there's more art in that than actually building a 
> machine that mimics sound effects. Though I'd probably take offence at that 
> as well.
> 
> You mentioned a CD so I figured that creating a recording was in the ball 
> park. And who said it had to be all mounted in a computer case?
> 
> Not that I care. Just that I thought I'd point out that if musicians are 
> not artists any more then I guess this explains why the RIAA don't pay 
> their artists. Because there aren't any. Where the music comes from in that 
> case I'm not entirely sure but there's strong evidence that where 
> commercial music is concerned, it almost certainly doesn't emerge from 
> actual artists. Maybe bullshit artists I'm not sure?
> 
> But as that great philosopher and artist Brittany Spears once said. "Hit me 
> baby one more time."
> 
> Be absolutely Icebox.
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