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offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2002-03-02 22:18 [#00109152]
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When does music stop being music?
What do you think?


 

offline Darth manchu from Cambridge (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-02 22:31 [#00109155]
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When there is no rhythm. But that doesnt mean it becomes
crap.


 

offline fat kaimo from Finland on 2002-03-02 23:13 [#00109176]
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there is music without rhythm! ambient for example...


 

offline Darth manchu from Cambridge (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-02 23:20 [#00109180]
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All 'music'has rhythm. Gwarek 2 doesnt, but a lot of ambient
does. Plus i never said i didnt like it. I love it infact.

Bit of a minefield really.


 

offline fat kaimo from Finland on 2002-03-02 23:23 [#00109182]
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well i didn't say you said you hated ambient.

a lot of ambient stuff is just floating there you know.



 

offline Darth manchu from Cambridge (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-02 23:33 [#00109191]
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Hmmmm, its always tough. Some people only call it music if
it has vocals in it.

I suppose music is down to the person themselves. I class
music as rhythmical noise, but then again, i love really
ambient stuff, and i'll call it music.

I'd like to rephrase my meaning of music. Sound made by
humans.


 

offline korben dallas from nz on 2002-03-02 23:40 [#00109193]
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when construction and deconstruction cancel each other out -
when the tension is at its greatest level, but has no land
marks (ie no sound) to reference the resultant tension.

to me any sound can be called music, it depends how one
listens to it ??? be it traffic, a washing machine or leaves
brushing against each other in the wind. but then this
leaves the whole meaning of music a little redundant.

I guess it has to be processed in a certain way ... ie
recorded or played (as an instrument) or something ?? i
don't know ..

Otherwise I'll just opt for the "verse chorus verse" option
:)


 

offline jingle from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-02 23:42 [#00109194]
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sounds that are actually put into any type of order or
sequence other than their natural occurence: even if random
if it is intentially made sound it can be considered music;
even talking is considered music by some people


 

offline jingle from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-02 23:42 [#00109195]
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oops, "music is..."



 

offline korben dallas from nz on 2002-03-02 23:51 [#00109199]
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mmm.. yeah .. i guess - the intention of the sound is quite
a good definition type thing.

Like .. someone aimlessly mopping a floor wouldn't
intentionally do it to make music [yet it still makes a
sound], but as soon as he like does it in rhythm - with the
intention of making that sound, it could be considered
music?


 

offline Paco from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2002-03-02 23:56 [#00109202]
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Well, if it's intended to stimulate the way music does.

-P


 

offline dave from saskatoon (Canada) on 2002-03-02 23:58 [#00109203]
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humm well i think music stops sounding like music when it
starts sounding like your hitting a baby with a cat


 

offline fat kaimo from Finland on 2002-03-03 00:01 [#00109206]
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i once made a song by hitting a baby with a cat.

fat kaimo


 

offline fat kaimo from Finland on 2002-03-03 00:06 [#00109208]
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"When does music stop being music?"

when there is no sound.

this one composer made a piece for the piano which was just
a pause. was it the cage guy?


 

offline korben dallas from nz on 2002-03-03 00:08 [#00109210]
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what about the song of silence???

:)


 

offline Springymajig from New Zealand on 2002-03-03 00:10 [#00109212]
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I don't consider straight up noise as being music. I think
Jingle has it right.


 

offline REFLEX from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2002-03-03 00:16 [#00109219]
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When certain people think so, whatever someone thinks is
music, to them it is. It cant get more simple or right than
that.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-03 00:16 [#00109220]
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john cage was his name..... my friend says he was a genius

Me and my mum always argue over wot is art.... Tracey Emin
for example, my mum doesnt think she makes art. The
arguement is the same as the arguement about music.


 

offline jingle from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-03 02:26 [#00109283]
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the track is called 4:33 by john cage and it is the sound of
him sitting in front of a piano not playing, but it is more
about humour than music

tracy emin does indeed make art, just shitty self-indulgent
art that is basically her going "boohoo, i feel sorry for
myself and you should feel sorry for me too..." i don't give
a shit if her first period was traumatic, cos i am sure that
very few women out there go "hey! my wombs first
disintergration is really ace!" sorry, just venting

on a similar tip, too many people use the experimental tag
to give credability to their poor work including
noise-makers: a very small number create genuine pieces of
art but most are cunts who can't hack it: throbbing gristle=
good, richard devine =megacunt

jingle


 

offline pachi from yo momma (United States) on 2002-03-03 02:30 [#00109289]
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VI Scose Poise is debateable as far as rhythm is concerned


 

offline pachi from yo momma (United States) on 2002-03-03 02:31 [#00109290]
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still a relaxing song imo


 

offline corngrower from the fertile grounds of Iowa, w (United States) on 2002-03-03 02:32 [#00109291]
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music can only be defined in the ear of the beholder


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-03 02:33 [#00109293]
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i think tracey emin is quite funny... putting all the names
of ppl she slept with in a tent. lol, then they had a go at
her....


 

offline nacmat on 2002-03-03 02:35 [#00109295]
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there are no limits
if there were... who would put them?
nobody can
music is over any fucking critic saying what is music or it
is not.

if you want to travel nearby the limits, then get
autechre...they are always expanding the meaning of music


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-03 02:36 [#00109296]
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how do u pronounce autechre........ is it "or tek chur" or
wot?


 

offline corngrower from the fertile grounds of Iowa, w (United States) on 2002-03-03 02:37 [#00109297]
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Like the universe, the limits of music are constantly
expanding


 

offline jingle from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-03 02:44 [#00109302]
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awe (like in awe of something) tek (like in techno) and er (
like in "err?", like you are confused

i hate when people tell me how much they LOVE certain
artists then can't pronounce their names


 

offline jingle from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-03 02:49 [#00109306]
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b.t.w. i aint having a go at you with that last remark but i
was speaking to this girl who says she is a warp-die-hard
fan then mispronounced autechre, didn't know who most of the
artists were and then said "aphex twin" in this weird way:
IT IS SAID AY FEX [short pause] twin!!!!!!!!!!! not affects
twin or aphextwin (where they say it with no little pause)

AAAGRHGRHRR!!!!!


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-03 02:53 [#00109307]
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loads of girls that i know always say that their 'die-hard'
fans of something or other, but they just like ONE album or
something....


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-03-03 04:32 [#00109369]
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there's no definite line/ point where it is no longer music

"music is in the ear of the beholder!" ..hehe..

but its true: its subjective

u can hear music in anything..


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-03-03 04:35 [#00109371]
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i like autechre but i pronounce it aw-tesch-re (like its
sort of fench-ish sounding..)

that doesn't mean im not a 'true fan'
i just think it sounds nicer that way..


 

offline Canerfold from Minneappleseed (United States) on 2002-03-03 05:12 [#00109427]
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sound made by humans? surely bird songs are music.
everything is music, some just takes more of an open mind to
feel.


 

offline Canerfold from Minneappleseed (United States) on 2002-03-03 05:14 [#00109430]
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that girl might not have been so off jingle. isn't the
company (aphex) that rich got his name from is actually
pronounced affects?


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2002-03-03 12:42 [#00109806]
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I think any sound that stimulates one's fantasies, emotions
or thoughtpatterns can be considered music.


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2002-03-03 12:51 [#00109814]
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he doesn't got the name from aphex systems, he said in an
interview the name was around before he knew the company
Just need to put a note on the back of his releases


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2002-03-03 12:52 [#00109815]
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a for the acid element of his sound
ph measure of the acidity
ex ...


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2002-03-03 12:53 [#00109819]
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maybe for ex(cs)tasy...


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-03-03 12:54 [#00109820]
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some of those notes are pretty funny -- look at the back of
the drukqs CD after it says the usual bs about aphex is a
registered trademark:

"(This must be in the same font, text size etc. as the rest
of artwork and clearly legible)"

but back on topic, i don't think music exists.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-03-03 12:55 [#00109821]
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well, that was a nice proposition, mr E, but isn't it just
an expansion of AFX?


 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2002-03-03 12:56 [#00109825]
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Music is noise with measurable systems.


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2002-03-03 12:58 [#00109827]
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i saw that in the faq i think, but don't know if it's true


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-03-03 13:13 [#00109842]
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Our music teacher said music was anything "With a noticable
beat" That would make a tap dripping music and SAW2 tracks
not! I think it's hard to define, I've even found the beats
of a motor ticking over/seagulls musical. I don't know...


 

offline alienworkshop from Claymont (United States) on 2002-03-03 15:36 [#00109917]
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noise isnt music, like masonna, hes not music, hes just
noise.
its fucking aw teck er
we've had like 6 topics about pronunciations here and just
as many at joyrex.com, its really annoying



 

offline Darth manchu from Cambridge (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-03 15:43 [#00109923]
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Sound stops becoming music when you say it isnt music.

I pronouce autechre, au-tech-re :)


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-03-03 16:03 [#00109930]
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is this pronunciation the "official" pronunciation as
sanctioned by autechre?


 

offline Clic on 2002-03-03 16:43 [#00109957]
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>When there is no rhythm. But that doesnt mean it becomes
crap.

Darth Manchu, that's not true. A lot of Classical music has
inconsistent rhythms and that's definitely music. I think
anything can be musical. But that's me.


 

offline Paco from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2002-03-03 17:13 [#00109965]
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I'm just die-hard. Without the fan part :)

-P


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-03-03 17:31 [#00109971]
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rhythm is all around us - EVERYTHING has a rhythm, so
therefore everything is music, therefore nothing is music
since there can be no antimusic and there goes music in a
*puff* of logic, just like god in the hitchhiker's guide to
the galaxy!


 

offline swimmyfishy from worcester (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-03 17:36 [#00109975]
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noise is a word people use who dont understand how to
listen, everything around us intersting to your ears


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-03-03 17:39 [#00109977]
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no, it depends on the speakers' interpretation of 'noise' --
noise can be applied to any fluctuation, and not necessarily
aural.


 


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