Debussy defined the era of noise.
What Are Noisicians?
Circa the turn of the 19th Century Claude Debussy said, "Any sounds in any combination and in any succession are henceforth free to be used in a musical continuity."
ANY SOUNDS
This is as simple as it gets
IN ANY COMBINATION
There are no rules
AND IN ANY SUCCESSION
Sequence is open-ended
ARE HENCEFORTH FREE TO BE USED
Time, space, matter, force, gravitation, electricity
IN A MUSICAL CONTINUITY
We don't call it "composition" any more
Music is weather
Music is the continuum of experience
Music is the arrangement of sound into thought
Circa the turn of the 19th Century Claude Debussy said, "Any sounds in any combination and in any succession are henceforth free to be used in a musical continuity."
ANY SOUNDS
This is as simple as it gets
IN ANY COMBINATION
There are no rules
AND IN ANY SUCCESSION
Sequence is open-ended
ARE HENCEFORTH FREE TO BE USED
Time, space, matter, force, gravitation, electricity
IN A MUSICAL CONTINUITY
We don't call it "composition" any more
Music is weather
Music is the continuum of experience
Music is the arrangement of sound into thought
posted by borneman at 6:02 PM
2 Comments:
in context one would have to acknowledge that debussey
surely meant within the spectrum of sound known to the musical world
i find it hard to believe that he envisioned something like stravinsky or steve reich
or nirvana
be that as it may
noise since igor has it's place
in the airwaves
at night i listen to an ammonium nitrate plant in the desert which gets crankin at night because all the epa people are asleep then
hard to tell if they care these days anyway
but it is a grind
and a moan and a rumble
and mechanical guttural wheez
and an occasional whistle
everywednesday they do an alarm drill which is supposed to be the sound for people to hear when something goes terribly awry
like an explosion which would be like music i guess
but the alarm is a two tone parrallel affair that rises and falls
i am thinking in terms of irritainment
is there no place for simple beauty any longer
do you know the film
all the mornings of the world
?
so am i correct to think that a noisician is simply one who
is inclined to arrange any sequence of any sound at any time with no real idea in mind save for the possiblity of making a sound sequence of everything from machines to cell phones to computers to children learning the violin to monks singin to old ladies farting to birds dying
yes that must be it
music is the sound thoughts make
when they appear in the
immense cavern of the soul
music is the immitation of birds
(olivier messien)
music is an illusion for the ears
music happened without consultation
of the muses
man were they pissed
when we hear music on a recording
we can no more call it music
than we can call a photograph
the reality of what it portrays
are there ever crimes committed with music?
what we call music and what we call love are equally misrepresented and with the same words
man is incapable of hearing music
unless he is willing to listen
for long hours
to silence
music either composes itself
or else it is a rude imposition
music and money:
like forcing motherhood upon a whore
music means well
music is rare
the muses have become bored
and they are in trouble
experimenting with psychotropic
substances
the truth is
we no longer hear music
push all you want on the
boundaries of cognition
if it can't be played in church
it is but a dairy cow
farting
dance forms
even the musicians have forgotten how to hear
excuse me
i think i hear my cell phone
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