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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:
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> "Music is organised sound; noise is disorganised sound."
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> 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.
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> I'm sure others disagree!  :)
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> On 28 May 2012, at 13:37, Mike Dickson wrote:
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>> That's kind of the end of the argument, unless you want to argue 'what is music?' a
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> Owen
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> Thinking Aloud - Mellotronic & Orchestral Rock, Mostly
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> http://www.thinking-aloud.co.uk/
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