[sdiy] Re: [AH] BUG MUSIC: Vote for your Favorite!

[Cynthia Webster]

on 2/18/05 6:53 PM, /0 at r3dshift at chartermi.net wrote:

> what is bug music?

Hi!

(Think Forbidden Planet movie soundtrack...)

Bug Music is a nickname for Aleatoric Music, or
"the music of chance" popularized by luminaries
such as Stockhausen and John Cage.

(Alea is Latin for a game of dice)

A few years ago someone referred to this odd music
as "Bug Music" (as in "Y'all are makin' that there
Bug Music aren't ya?") and the name stuck!

Now the definition encompasses many styles of
offbeat (electronic) music including highly structured
works such as the work of Morton Subotnick.

It's used as an affectionate name to describe
almost any music that you can't dance to! LOL!

Best Wishes!

Cynthia 

http://www.cyndustries.com/


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cynthia Webster" <cynthia.webster at gte.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 7:35 PM
> Subject: [AH] BUG MUSIC: Vote for your Favorite!


Hello Everybody!

This Sunday Night We Will Announce The Winners of
The Singing Robots 2005 Aleatoric "Bug Music" Contest!

A total of (19) wonderfully creative 3-minute pieces
are competing to be released later this year on part of
a compilation disc distributed through thiaMedia

A Big Thank You to all of the Synthesists who provided
all this Great Entertainment!

The top three Winners will receive 50% Off on any
regular production Cyndustries module, or a free
SixPac enclosure, and the top winner will claim the
prestigious new Buggo Award!


(Who best captured the theme of Singing Robots?)

Please have a listen and vote for your favorites!

http://www.cyndustries.com/


Cynthia


Aleatoric = Music determined by elements of chance.