Re: Definition of Music


Matthew Fields wrote:
> In article <1128056127.153728.243260@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> bgranat <granatedit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >Matthew Fields wrote:
> >> >
> >> >You're confusing music with whether people like it or not.
> >>
> >> Nope. We just had a posting on this very newsgroup where
> >> somebody stated straight out that something that Alvin Lucier
> >> titled "Music on a long thin wire" is in fact not music.
> >>
> >
> >I'm with David. You *are* confusing whether people like it or not.
>
> [...]
>
> >
> >I'm the one who said it isn't music, and I said so not because I didn't
> >"like" it. Do I "like" the whirring of the clothes dryer? I might find
> >it a bit groovy on occasion, but "music" it is not.
>
> You've just contradicted yourself.
>

I am not aware of any contradiction. If you'd like me to think about
what you view as a contradiction, it would be of immeasurable help if
you could point out what two statements seem to be contradictory to you.

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