Cesare Marilungo wrote:
Atte André Jensen wrote:
Cesare Marilungo wrote:
4' 33" was intended as a performance piece, so the noise made by the
audience emerged as music, probably in a way that automatically
follows certain rules. So it is much more a generative technique
than a provocation.
I understand that. It's just not music (at least to me)...
In these discussions we have to consider how, when and why we listen
to what we consider music. And how it was meant to be listened to.
Obviously, if I have to decide what to put on my mp3 player for a trip
I'd rather put Miles Davis 'Kind of blue' or, even better, my whole
collection of the 70ies canterbury scene than John Cage.
I'd put this too on the mp3 player, since I'm learning Ruby:
http://odeo.com/show/120299/view
Listening to Cage to me is more like reading a book about zen
philosophy. Nonetheless, I'm listening to a record, or better to a
performance.
Incidentally, Cage works are far more interesting as an artistic
statement while most popular music act as a way to trigger certain
emotions (and that's what most call music). The latter is somewhat
instrumental. I listen to 'Kind of blue' when I want to be consoled,
when I'm sad. When I'm programming I prefer 'Bitches brew'. :-)
c.
That's why a performance of Cage 4' 33" is more musical (and for me
it is art, too) than 4' 33" of any sound whatsoever.
Ok...
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