reply to Ed Borasky

Edward Borasky wrote,

<< So what is happening here? Are contemporary musicians and composers
re-discovering the limited and finicky tools of the past (musique
concrete, analog componentry, etc.) and ignoring the wondrous digital
technologies that I could only dream about back in those days when I
was a poor graduate student? >>

Check out Bob Ostertag's WHY COMPUTER MUSIC SUCKS for one insiders
interesting take on this:

<http://www.l-m-c.org.uk/LMCframeset3.html>

<< There's an interesting parallel here with some of the theory of
chaos and artificial life. Do a web search for "life on the edge of
chaos" and you'll find some very interesting things. >>

Indeed. BTW, did you ever check out any of the Reed Ghazala
"anti-theory" links I've posted in the past? If not, you MUST!

<http://www.anti-theory.com/soundart/>

--Dan Stearns