FW: Jungle on this list

Araya, Juan Carlos
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 08:33:53 -0500


Its always puzzled me why musicians, in general, have a hard time
understanding music. Musician's over analyze music for its technical
content. Just dig music because its cool. It makes you sad, happy, tap
you feet, makes you swing makes you think. Not how it modulates from one
key to another or how controled is its dynamics. Dig it because music is
cool. Dig.

One musician's thoughts,

Juan Araya

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> From: Anders Hamre[SMTP:anders.hamre@hfstud.uio.no]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 1998 7:59 AM
> To: Michael Aregood
> Cc: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: RE: Jungle on this list
>
>
> Just to clear things up a bit: what I mean by intellectual
> content is the thought or idea that has manifested itself
> musically through the process of composition.
>
> I've "dabbled" in electronica myself and gotten pretty
> tired of it. Sure, pushing buttons can accomplish fast
> results. With the invention of MC-303, etc. anyone (and
> I mean ANYONE) who can count 4/4ths can create cool
> tracks and play around with technological sound. What
> I couldn't get from my dabbling was the feeling of
> actually creating something worthwhile. Being creative
> and communicating a message, a feeling, an impression
> is important to me as a human being and songwriter.
> But it wasn't a human creating the music - it was a
> lifeless, cold, metallic box. Even with techniques
> like Physical Modelling, we've come nowhere near
> recreating the sound of a muted trumpet solo, the
> detailed resonnance of an old jazz guitar.
>
> Don't get me wrong guys&gals; technological music was evolved
> immensely, but why does it always cater to its own audience?
> What is lacking that is holding it off the charts? Bands
> like Jamiroquai or BNH are commercially oriented, sure,
> but they haven't let techology take over - and I think
> that is part of their general appeal.
>
> People like to be able to identify with what they hear or see.
> That's easier when the music allows room for reflection and
> afterthought, when you can feel that it has organic, human -
> intellectual - content, not when it's just organized sound
> created by a machine.
>
> -Anders
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> On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Michael Aregood wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure but I think it means that the people who play
> traditional
> > instruments have all gone to ivy league schools and are therefore
> much
> > smarter than their less fortunate counterparts who dabble in
> > electronica... =)
>
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