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I'm opposed to classifying music at all. Except perhaps for country music. I use the term "soundscape", although I'd rather say ambient. Unfortunately the E'd up ravers of the 90's have changed the meaning of ambient music. Although I have had ravers call what I do "chill-out" music. I must say like that better than "looper music" or "loop music". Than sounds too much like some new hot MTV term for a type of music that comes with its own required dress code. As for Mr Cage...classical? Maybe modern classical? Or experimental. Avant Garde? Does it matter? >From: lance glover <baumhaus@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: baumhaus@earthlink.net >To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com >Subject: Re: John Cage recordings >Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 11:37:39 -0700 > >Dennis wrote: > > > It makes me wonder where looper music will be classified in fifty >years. > >i can't think of anything more awful than the "loop music" section at a >2050's >era equivalent of "borders" (okay maybe one or two things more awful)... > >i remember a discussion on the list about whether it's fair to talk about >"loop" music as its own special category, somehow separate from the flow >of >music culture in general...like, delay music, or sampled or cello or >harmonica >music, as though the instrument or technique employed to create the music >determines its typology (i stop this line of reasoning at accordion music, >because it is indeed in a category unto itself :-) > > >lance g. > >(on a philosophical morning?) > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com