C.A. Picard - Electronic music on the margins

 

I use the word 'exploratory', as experimental has decades of anti-establisment sentiment, both ways, in the public consciousness. Exploratory is also open-ended. Of course, people saying something is experimental/exploratory, versus saying they are experimenting with/exploring some such. Good language equals good thought - Wittgenstein.

 

So I agree with you that some few have great talent. Yet, people in general are pretty capable. They need proper exposure and tools. There were people arguably with less talent and overall musical comprehension than I doing better composition assignments, because they just followed the guidance in the curriculum.

 

Musician to me does mean someone who can physically perform on an instrument. However, composers aren't necessarily musicians. Take Steve Roach, one of the top second-gen electronic composers, simply because he has composed most like a composer.

24 days before Christmas, 24 tracks to come onto this link:

Each day, I will post a track, ranging from dark ambient to musique concrète, including a few "bruits désobligeants" - pure autistic electronic music!

Stay tuned, don't eat all your chocolates in one bite and don't forget to brush your teeth.