That earlier post was about "art in an age of abusive copyright enforcement," speaking of abuse, and that's one reason I'm thinking more about using equipment the "right" way--and I guess I would add using licensed materials--since who wants to get sued by conservative money grubbers like the Turtles or Sean Landers or whoever. The thing to be careful about with "making it new" (as opposed to endless recycling through samples and quotation) is that's also corporate rhetoric--the endless cycle of faux-progress where today's high-tech new and improved becomes tomorrow's landfill material. Much of the po-Mo critique of the cult of the new (as fascist, corporatist, "hyperreal," spectacular) still has validity and ought to be kept in mind. That said, it's an adventure making unheard-of sounds with equipment that's still very much in development as long as you do it consciously and don't drink the Koolaid.
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- tom moody 3-09-2005 4:48 am