Meffy wrote:Attila the Sticky Bun.
dis-qualify
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- addled muppet weed
- Topic Starter
- 111274 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
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- KVRAF
- 10286 posts since 17 Sep, 2004 from Austin, TX
Well, ants coming from New York would take a LONG time to get to Minnesota (look on a map hehe) and you've foolishly warned me! I'll be in Uqbar before the next fortnight.
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35433 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
indeed; in my opinion, once upon a time these things were about 'taking part', for fun, as a spur to actually make something that month, to get some decent critical feedback, or whatever; as more and more people focussed on winning, its just had less and less 'cameraderie' and more and more bullying, posturing, namecalling, arguments, whining, bitching and tantrums.vurt wrote: its not so much about the point of the contest, its more about the "mob" attitude, fair enough debate the ideals behind why or why not to vote, but the bullying and namecalling, well for me made it "not fun".
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRAF
- 3726 posts since 30 Jan, 2005 from rochester, ny
> as more and more people focussed on winning, its just had less and less 'cameraderie' and more and more bullying
this is what the worse/better lose/win 'kill your opponents any way possible' (as in poker or video games) attitude does.
fortunately, i don't think it's the majority attitude in the contest. in fact, i think that out of perhaps 50 people who regularly
participate, maybe 5-10 (less?) are in the 'kill or be killed' camp. most people like the spirit of competing and voting, but not
for the bloodspilling, rather the measuring of oneself against talented peers.
this is what the worse/better lose/win 'kill your opponents any way possible' (as in poker or video games) attitude does.
fortunately, i don't think it's the majority attitude in the contest. in fact, i think that out of perhaps 50 people who regularly
participate, maybe 5-10 (less?) are in the 'kill or be killed' camp. most people like the spirit of competing and voting, but not
for the bloodspilling, rather the measuring of oneself against talented peers.
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- KVRAF
- 3726 posts since 30 Jan, 2005 from rochester, ny
> emulate not imitate
understood. please elaborate: what's the difference for you? i'm really interested. :-)
understood. please elaborate: what's the difference for you? i'm really interested. :-)
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- KVRAF
- 3726 posts since 30 Jan, 2005 from rochester, ny
> although i think you missed seans meaning
right. but now i understand ... he pm'd me an explanation. ;-)
right. but now i understand ... he pm'd me an explanation. ;-)
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- addled muppet weed
- Topic Starter
- 111274 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
rachmiel wrote:> emulate not imitate
understood. please elaborate: what's the difference for you? i'm really interested.
i guess for me it would be, to emulate: to use similar aesthetics, ideas or sounds within my own comsposition ideas to come up with something that is me with a nod to whoever, in this case autechre.
to imitate: to use the same ideas and sounds and come up with something that could actually be autechre(albeit a far less polished version
)as i said earlier i only really used one composition element i read about years ago, didnt do any additional research, didnt even listen to any autechre between deciding to do it and today actually
had i been imitating i would have done more extensive listening, breaking down structures and "manufacturing" a copy thereof, here i feel by using an almost forgotten tidbit i managed to keep my own identity in the forefront of the piece.-
- KVRAF
- 3726 posts since 30 Jan, 2005 from rochester, ny
cool.
you know maybe this is where we are, despite stylistic differences, very similar ... and why we get each other.
music, for both of us, is a very personal journey, the sonic expression of an ongoing passion to (re)discover and express our SELVES.
you know maybe this is where we are, despite stylistic differences, very similar ... and why we get each other.
music, for both of us, is a very personal journey, the sonic expression of an ongoing passion to (re)discover and express our SELVES.