I understand what you are saying here but I think that most people
would not be that impressed if you took a recording of a city's
"soundscape" and played it to them in their living room- therefore
the elements and combinations of sounds that make up part of the
City's atmosphere are inseparable from their surroundings and aren't
"music" when separated from them.
In other words, the "music" of a bustling city centre street isn't
just music, but a combination of sounds (mostly random but some
repetitive and regular and all playing off each other) AND the
environment in which they exist.
cheers
Jason
On 3 Nov 2005, at 23:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, exactly - people could, and people DO listen to random sounds as
music. I live in the city and sometimes, the soundscape IS as
satisfying
as a record. Music is everywhere. Human produced music is only one
sub-genre.
Music is rhythm (time) + timbre (quality of vibration), perceived
by an
observer who categorizes the sounds as music. That's it!
