> minimal techno is an > approach/attempt at expression, as is mahler's 5th: clearly mahler's works > are far more dense, but to suggest that they could be 'distilled' into > something more universal seems to miss the point.
and what is the "point"? I am not being retaliatory here, but I am curios. I have heard that so much, but never heard it explained. When ever I talk about art, another artists always seems to chime in, "no way man, that's not the point of art!!!", well, what is this "point", and who made it law? Anyways, to protect my statement, for the fun of it, I am willing to bet the mahler's very first glimpse of his 5th. was only a few notes, in his head, he heard these notes and felt the need to expand on them, I mean surely he didn't have the entire piece already there in his head!!! If we can agree on that, than we can see that 1.) all music starts from a super simple point, 3.) you can strip a song or piece down to reveal its core, this few notes in the artists head... darw_n "create, demonstrate, toneshift..." http://www.mp3.com/stations/clevelandunderground http://www.mp3.com/darw_n http://www.sphereproductions.com/topic/Darwin.html http://www.mannequinodd.com
