Just found my scanned copy of this–interview with me: “Det musikaliske biprodukt/Noiseman433 om støj” (Musical Biproducts/Noiseman433 and noise) pg. 29 Dec. 2003 of Soundvenue Magazine from Denmark Thanks to Thomas Broge-Starck!! interview in English below: Thomas: Is noise, as a genre, music, and how do you know when its good or bad? In fact, isn’t [...]
Well, ok, that’s not entirely true–but I listen to far less than many people would think I suppose. The thing is, it’s an issue of time–about the only time I really listen to music is when I’m actively learning a piece or transcribing music. Occasionally I will skim youtube for something new and maybe waste [...]
Greg Sandow has recently posted a blurb from Ramon Ricker’s blog post, Changing US Demographics and Classical Music. This is very much an issue and theme I’ve been exploring a bit here. I especially enjoyed Janis’ comments to Greg’s post. I’ve had at least one response at Greg’s site get eaten, so i thought I’d [...]
Tagged Cultural Diversity, Cultural Imperialism Hypothesis, Demographics, World MusicThis is a project I’d been thinking about for some months now but just haven’t had the time to get around to for various reasons. With the recent publication of Eric Siblin’s The Cello Suites as well as the general lacunae in conservatory Music History education regarding the music in portions of Europe during the [...]