Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote:
what it IS about is feeling, and someone making noises in their studio and
saying "boy, that sounds cool, let me stick a kick drum under that and
release it" is not evoking a feeling. theyre being cynical and wasting my
time and theirs. but of course theyre making money selling it to hip white
kids. awesome for them i guess.
tom
You jump from point A to point Q.
Someone making noises in their studio and saying "boy, that sounds cool,
let me stick a kick drum under that and release it" could produce
anything from crap to utter brilliance. With talent and quality control
the results could be quite amazing and full of all sorts of feeling.
I've got plenty of "noise" records. Some are quite facile, uncreative
and utterly disposable. Others are strange, amazing and quite beautiful
even if the sounds are unusual, abrasive or cacophanous at times. The
fact that it isn't melody-driven (synonymous with "noise" for a lot of
people) says nothing about its quality or ability to convey a range of
emotions.
