Glen -- You do mean "tinny", as opposed to "woody", right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwXJsWHupg&feature=youtube_gdata_player - Claiborne - On Nov 17, 2011, at 16:50, glen <g...@ropella.name> wrote: > Russell Standish wrote circa 11-11-17 12:59 PM: >> I suspect there might be quite a few others like me :) > > Yep. I have gone one step further, though. I now try to buy all my > music sans plastic (i.e. online). But I relish the diversity between my > collections on various devices. I make some sullen attempts to sync my > phone and laptops with my server. But I'm inconsistent. And I make no > serious attempts to acquire all the music I listen to on myspace, > last.fm, pandora, or anywhere else. > > I'm not a musician, but I pretend to understand a little of how many of > them seem to feel. With the ability to construct a fresh experience > anywhere you go, the robotic automation of studio recorded music pales a > little bit. It took me awhile after puberty to really appreciate music > as a contextual whole experience rather than scripted emotion.[1][2] > When I finally did grok it, I began to appreciate all sorts of things I > didn't even perceive before. Even bad music, if I'm there while it's > being constructed, seems quite fulfilling. > > The diversity in my collections across devices feels like a shadowy > reminder of that understanding. > > [1] I remember an event right out of college. I used to frequent the > bars in Dallas and Houston that allowed open jams ... anyone with an > instrument was welcome to walk on stage and play with whoever was up > there already. That's where I fell in love with the blues ... or what I > called the blues, anyway. I mistakenly told a coworker that I liked the > blues. When he came to my apt for a party one time, he accused me: "I > thought you liked the blues?!?" after looking through my LPs. I said, > "Yeah, but only live." He scoffed and dropped the subject. > > [2] I've recently gotten into lots of "noise" performances. It's hard > to describe. But for me, it's a bit like a good book or riding a > motorcycle. There are windows (>100 pages, but still far from the end, > into a good book, or from [2,8] hours on the bike) wherein you're sense > of context is transformed, made expansive in some weird way. Noise > bands do that to me (at least the good ones do). But I've tried > listening to pre-recorded noise. It just ain't the same... it has an > antiseptic feel... all tin-ny, weak, and unidimensional. Much of that > is the attention most noise geeks pay to the venue and pa system, I'm > sure. If they had a good production engineer and I used headphones, it > might be better. > > -- > glen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
