Comments on: The iGasm ‘Listener’ – A Potential Avant Garde Music Audience?

By: Tom DePlonty

Tom DePlonty — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:45:37 +0000

4’33″ might be the the least effective, but Feldman could take the cake for sheer frustration.

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Avant Music News » Blog Archive » Newsbits — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:20:58 +0000

[...] The soundON Festival of New Music takes place June 13-16 and features San Diego State experimental music professor Joe Waters. Her Noise was an exhibition of women in experimental music, and a video is available of the making of the exhibit. Another video, this one of Anthony Braxton in Istanbul, is available. The Anton Kern Gallery is featuring the art of Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart). Finally, on the lighter side, a Sequenza21 blogger considers what kind of avant-garde music would best facilitate the iGasm, a new “toy” that is *ahem* driven by digital sounds. [...]

By: david toub

david toub — Wed, 30 May 2007 17:13:31 +0000

Yes, that’s correct about Palestine—one of my favorite works by him, actually. Forgot about that.

Re: 4’33″: if it’s feet and inches rather than minutes and seconds, I’m not sure the “ineffectiveness” is tenable

By: JS

JS — Wed, 30 May 2007 16:48:16 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Charlemagne Palestine have a piece called “SCHLONGO! : theLUVVdrone,” or something similar? That’s probably a winner.

It would also be interesting to consider which music would be the absolute WORST for this purpose. Or maybe not – I guess 4’33 would be pretty hard to top for sheer ineffectiveness.

By: Steven Cartwright

Steven Cartwright — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:17:44 +0000

Ferneyhough for the horny few?

By: david toub

david toub — Tue, 29 May 2007 02:11:31 +0000

A work by Andrew Thomas from the 70s as recorded on the Opus One label: Pricksong

By: Mell Csicsila

Mell Csicsila — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:51:28 +0000

Russell Peck: “Lift-Off” for 9 bass drums.

By: Anthony Cornicello

Anthony Cornicello — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:59:13 +0000

Holy crap this is funny!

Wait a minute – “Music for 18″.

By: Jay Batzner

Jay Batzner — Sun, 27 May 2007 15:55:16 +0000

I don’t know, I think Metastasis would do fairly well…

By: David Ocker

David Ocker — Sun, 27 May 2007 13:54:32 +0000

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