tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post5824554760351909476..comments2024-03-27T23:45:06.093+01:00Comments on Renewable Music: That Vision ThingDaniel Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-3338515618881103722009-01-25T08:14:00.000+01:002009-01-25T08:14:00.000+01:00Welcome back to the present land of California, wh...Welcome back to the present land of California, where I've been born and raised and continue to live, and continue to think it really is the oddest, most fabulous place.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-4676143107457065112009-01-24T10:48:00.000+01:002009-01-24T10:48:00.000+01:00Anonymous, it's interesting if it originally comes...Anonymous, <BR/><BR/>it's interesting if it originally comes from Babbitt, because I heard it first from Feldman, unattributed, at the UCSD music library in February of '87, in response to my quoting Joyce about the Irish fighting among themselves.Daniel Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-47891727045206104312009-01-24T04:36:00.000+01:002009-01-24T04:36:00.000+01:00It was Babbitt, not Feldman, that made the "mad sc...It was Babbitt, not Feldman, that made the "mad scramble for crumbs" comment.<BR/><BR/>You might be thinking of the Feldman story in Cage's book, 'Silence', where he says, "You know? They're not free, they're fighting over bits of food."<BR/><BR/>I attribute knowing this to a misspent youth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-21365221099419651522009-01-23T15:38:00.000+01:002009-01-23T15:38:00.000+01:00Thanks you for your essay of Wenesday, 21 Jan. It ...Thanks you for your essay of Wenesday, 21 Jan. It was, perhaps, unintendedly, thought-provoking for me.<BR/><BR/>As someone who stands on the sidelines of "academic" music (having studied and performed as an undergraduate and in high school) and works in another field, but now is actively performing "non-academic music" I was struck by "a third way" not alluded to in part "C". I do not hold a tenured position in music. My "day job" helps me to buy the gear I need to produce the music that I create and underwrites the public releases. There are those of us who write and create, truly outside of academia, and are just as serious as those inside it.<BR/><BR/>I was also pleased to be directed to the article of Kyle Gann and found it fascinating to see that the academy was at long last having to deal with the issues of Time and Space. In the popular music arena, there has been an interest in these issues for some time (so-called "Space Music", "drone" music, ambient music in the Eno-esque sense).<BR/><BR/>So mostly, just a "thank you" comment ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com