Re: "sound artist"?

From: James Phelps (jimphelps_niucms@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2011 - 13:22:58 EST


Sound-poser ..... has a nice ring to it.

--- On Fri, 2/18/11, ianjarvais@yahoo.com <ianjarvais@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: ianjarvais@yahoo.com <ianjarvais@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: "sound artist"?
To: "cec-conference@concordia.ca" <cec-conference@concordia.ca>
Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 12:14 PM

Ah yes of course, and the debate must go on...
I find personally that when I wear the hat of an artist and I wish to keep my options open leaving the result undefined, it is creatively liberating. Thus I would allow music = sound art. 
Though when I wear the hat of a scientist (or any other pattern defining agent), and seek a clarity in communication I find it lacking to define the terms as such. Also I find it strange that as time goes on that the term music would become less referential. As for the variations in meaning between sound artist and composer I just combine the two, sound-poser:)

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On 2011-02-18, at 11:19 AM, James Phelps <jimphelps_niucms@yahoo.com> wrote:

One effect it has is that it tends to make people debate the difference between music and sound art.  :>)
-J

--- On Fri, 2/18/11, ianjarvais@yahoo.com <ianjarvais@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: ianjarvais@yahoo.com <ianjarvais@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: "sound artist"?
To: "cec-conference@concordia.ca" <cec-conference@concordia.ca>
Cc: "cec-conference@concordia.ca" <cec-conference@concordia.ca>
Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 9:55 AM

Does anyone know of studies of the difference/ similarities between the effects of (obvious) music and (obvious) sound art on the brain or in human experience?

Ian

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On 2011-02-18, at 10:39 AM, Larry Austin <larryaustin@grandecom.net> wrote:

> Kevin:
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> But "sound artist" is not on your list below.
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> Larry
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> On Feb 17, 2011, at 11:09 PM, Kevin Austin wrote:
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>> In relation to the last point, I would [and have] propose[d] something like,:
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>>  chef         cook
>>  carpenter    woodworker
>>  tailor       seamstress
>>  composer     music writer [or song writer]
>>  writer       wordsmith
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>> Kevin
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>>> Le 17/02/2011 17:16, Larry Austin a écrit :
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>>> Dear colleagues:
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>>> Am I a "sound artist", because I incorporate recordings of nature's and man's sounds into some of my pieces?  I have always considered such pieces as "compositions" created by me, a "composer". And do we consider "sound artists" as "composers" or even as "musicians"?
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>>> Just wondering.
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>>> Larry
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