Re[2]: John Cage recordings

[Mike.Biffle@wj.com (Mike Biffle)]

"Dennis W. Leas" wrote:
>> It makes me wonder where looper music will be classified in fifty years.

Jeff Duke...
> How is loop music classified now?
> When I think of loop music I found that it is the process that its named 
>by 
> and not the music itself. Why? Well the music is so varied that the 
>process is
> the only thing that we all have in common in an absolute sense. Read the 
> opening page of the LD site, it seems to me now and (forever?) the only 
> possible definition of loop music.

LD has been such a great place to meet a vast cross section of different 
genre 
musicians, yet a place where we have something vital in common. There's 
not many
other places out there that can say that... 

It's tough though when you look for an audience... It's almost better to 
completely ignore the looping aspect and get real solid on what you give 
the 
audience. High energy? or ambience? Dance grooves? Electronic(a)? 
Illbient? 
Rock? Acoustic? Humor/drama? Storytelling? It could be any of these... 
Throw in 
the fact that the performance will be bewildering to at least a few 
onlookers, 
and dismissed as pre-recorded or gimmicky. Good way to cut the wheat from 
the 
chaff! 8-) 

I've found that (at least in my mind) adding a multi-media twist really 
opens 
things up... lets the listener forget how the sound is being created and 
somehow
a little less overtly analytical. Maybe it's just enough overwhelm to shut 
down 
that process for the time being.

Anyway... beware the term "LOOP MUSIC"!

best regards,
-Miko Biffle