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NOISE_ABOUNDS

                                  Originally wrote: ? (email to Moe)
                                  Rev:  Jul  4, 2004

The sounds that come out of the
improv scene just aren't that
far beyond the reach of the
masses.

We're living in a time that's
post-Jimi Hendrix, post-Who,
post-Public Enemy...

Noise is all around us, and maybe
it's not so remarkable when one
person gets it.  The weird thing
is that not everyone does....

                 From  MIXING  :

                 "... an appreciation of noise (as
                  opposed to music) is a ubiquitous part
                  of modern culture.  We're quite
                  accustomed to listening to mixtures of
                  noise and music, for example in movie
                  sound tracks."



    Eugene Chadbourne makes the point that
    "avant-garde classical music" is
    actually part of mainstream culture,           HATE_THE_MAN
    if you include horror movie
    soundtracks in your definition.

        In movie theaters,
        people regularly listen
        to atonal, arrhythmic
        symphonic music.

        The "unlistenable" becomes listenable
        given the right context.


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