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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Peter Gabriel - So what?

2012-05-28 by Hammonddave

It may be music... But is it art?

Art is created as an expression of an idea...

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On May 28, 2012, at 6:44 AM, Owen Hodgson - Tron <tron@thinking-aloud.co.uk> wrote:

When I was at school, my teacher for music class gave us the following definition:

"Music is organised sound; noise is disorganised sound."

I've always found that useful, even if it goes against my own particular tastes: if someone deliberately generates a sound, or combination of sounds, for the purpose of making those sounds (and not incidental to some other process that happens to make a sound), then it's music.

I'm sure others disagree! :)

On 28 May 2012, at 13:37, Mike Dickson wrote:


That's kind of the end of the argument, unless you want to argue 'what is music?' a

Owen

Thinking Aloud - Mellotronic & Orchestral Rock, Mostly



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