Re: John Cage recordings

[Jeff Duke <jmar@bellsouth.net>]

Me too!
jd

Trevor Hartsell wrote:

> I know this is unrelated, but wow, could you do me a favor and email me a
> copy of that clinton sample sometime?
>
> That is, if you still have it.
>
> Thanks!
> Trevor
> <http://www.introvert.org/>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tim Nelson <tcn62@ici.net>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 3:33 PM
> Subject: Re: John Cage recordings
>
> > Ah, equivocation. As Bill Clinton said (and which I of course sampled 
>and
> > looped!) "It all depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." Or 
>in
> > this case the word 'Classical'... To the Music Theorist, 'Classical' 
>has a
> > rather narrow definition associated with (roughly) the late eighteenth 
>and
> > early nineteenth centuries; to them Cage is definitely not "Classical",
> but
> > rather a "Twentieth-Century Composer" or something like that. But to 
>the
> > unit-shifting demographic-minded folks who SELL recorded music,
> "Classical"
> > is the stuff in those bins over there... NOT jazz, NOT pop, NOT 
>country,
> > NOT (you get the point); it's defined by what it ISN'T... To them, it's
> ALL
> > the stuff that gets written about in those Grove and Norton textbooks. 
>A
> > broad generalization to be sure, but not too far from the truth.
> >
> > At 09:33 AM 6/7/99 -0500, you wrote:
> > >After thinking about this a great deal (do I have too much time or 
>what?)
> I
> > >conclude it all depends on what you mean by classical music.
> >
> >
> >