Re: sound art vs. music

["Lance Chance" <lrc8918@louisiana.edu>]

I can't help but believe that these distinctions are going to become
outdated as technology and sampling in particular become ever more
pervasive.

Lance.

ps. what did your prof. think that Cage was doing?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Hansen" <scott-a-hansen@uiowa.edu>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 9:28 AM
Subject: sound art vs. music


> kevin wrote: My solo cello shows are more sound art than music I guess.
>
> i did a presentation in grad school (mfa, pntg,drwg) back in '94 on
> sound art, my prof ripped me a bum hole saying that most of my
> examples were really music and not "sound art" (can't remember my ex.
> lots of fluxas folks...), but i would
> bet that if my old prof (and he was a cranky guy) would say that if 
>you're
> "composing" stuff on your cello, that you are creating music more than
> you are creating "sound art".  probably the hardest part is defining
> the term "sound art". where does the sound begin/end, where does the
> music begin/end?
> s---
> ps-i remember zappa commenting that he thought of his solos as "sound
> sculptures", air moving etc. but it always sounded like great music
> to me.
> wasn't really sure how much sculpture was involved.....
>
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