How does one find time to write, while staying current?

4 04 2008

Readers, are you aware of the neverending argument which started somewhere, I’m guessing,  after the 40s, 1940s that is.  Scholars have exacted their theories in a fashion that could be described as pseudoscience.  I say that because the scholars are treating amaranth music as if it were a concrete form to be placed in a controlled envirement.  I have contacted fellow composers regarding this and hope to bring you a conversation or two on the topic. 



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5 04 2008
Bobro

“There is a theory now, which is if you sound too “out there” or too “different,” you are in fact old. The avant-garde is under attack”

Is there a name for this theory (other than “inevitable result of simpering submission to the New World Order”)?

7 04 2008
James Combs

Theory, as a conjecture, not the scientific or mathmatic theory. I know I bring up science in the post, but I mean to say there is an idea, or speculation, some might believe as fact, that avant-garde music is now a genre that is over, rather than a subjective term for cutting edge music. Therefore, if you sound cutting edge, you are labeled as creating music within a genre that isn’t current. Probably an elitist, postelitist, or even postmodern idea, or all of the above. ABCDs, very academic.

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