i was looking at this
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=816&Itemid=27
and thinking that ambient music could be one of the most effective vehicles for music for music sake's survival in a world where music is essentially marketing driven, cross marketed and sold as a soundtrack for a product or a lifestyle in alot of ways, or seen as largely valueless.
It's like soundsystem culture or a gig, ie put people infront of some big speakers and drown out them talking, and it creates a kind of autonomous space, have them move their bodies in intelligent and inventive ways, in an experience that can't be recreated.
The same goes on a singular way for good ambient music, it's music that creates a rhythmless autonomus headspace for the listener over a period of time that's about a kind of projected interaction with the music, as largely it's lyricless, impressionistic the pieces are long, it doesn't easily fall into the kind of easily marketed catagories that other types of music does, although ironically it's background music. It's temporal and requires the listener to keep it playing, so it requires some kind of dedication from the listener that 3 minute pop songs dont.
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I was thinking that the ambient music should be extended out to other uncatagorisable tapestry music or sound for sounds sake too, stuff like skaters, gang gang dance, that whole sunn 0))) area of metal post hardcore maniacs and raster noton stuff.
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=816&Itemid=27
and thinking that ambient music could be one of the most effective vehicles for music for music sake's survival in a world where music is essentially marketing driven, cross marketed and sold as a soundtrack for a product or a lifestyle in alot of ways, or seen as largely valueless.
It's like soundsystem culture or a gig, ie put people infront of some big speakers and drown out them talking, and it creates a kind of autonomous space, have them move their bodies in intelligent and inventive ways, in an experience that can't be recreated.
The same goes on a singular way for good ambient music, it's music that creates a rhythmless autonomus headspace for the listener over a period of time that's about a kind of projected interaction with the music, as largely it's lyricless, impressionistic the pieces are long, it doesn't easily fall into the kind of easily marketed catagories that other types of music does, although ironically it's background music. It's temporal and requires the listener to keep it playing, so it requires some kind of dedication from the listener that 3 minute pop songs dont.
s
I was thinking that the ambient music should be extended out to other uncatagorisable tapestry music or sound for sounds sake too, stuff like skaters, gang gang dance, that whole sunn 0))) area of metal post hardcore maniacs and raster noton stuff.
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