Thursday, June 03, 2004
In response to Jean`s comments thing on weblog insecurity and future addictions...
Hilarious... the weblog is a great scenario to blow off steam and air your crazy mad thoughts.This course has invigorated me to explore my dysfuntions and dissect more and more... music has a strange effect on me and wish I could tell if this was the same way other people feel... but how do you do that other than communicate... but how to communicate what that is? Sometimes it feels too strange and difficult to explain.
Otherwise my sincere apologies if I seemed a little possessed at the panel discussion earlier this week. I have done a few of these type of things here and there over the years and the first attempt I was disturbed by a bout of dyslexia, arrythmia and cold sweat and sat there in a highly embarrassed and mute state dreadfully shaken... I abhore orchestrated approachs to discussions as I firmly believe spontaneity captures a more distinct essence... I persevered and pushed myself to overcome this... that said it is like some creature now emerges from inside of me and explodes with a heightened sense of liberation. Although I must admit I have fun with the format now... and particularly found this one quite spirited (although I had a rather shaky start and felt rather nervous in front of this group initially).
Best of luck to everyone involved in this class... it is inspiring to find people interested in music on this level... please feel free to email me in the future and ask any questions about the music industry. Although my comments are obviously inflected by my attitudes and opinions it may be of worth still.
Have fun.
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Hilarious... the weblog is a great scenario to blow off steam and air your crazy mad thoughts.This course has invigorated me to explore my dysfuntions and dissect more and more... music has a strange effect on me and wish I could tell if this was the same way other people feel... but how do you do that other than communicate... but how to communicate what that is? Sometimes it feels too strange and difficult to explain.
Otherwise my sincere apologies if I seemed a little possessed at the panel discussion earlier this week. I have done a few of these type of things here and there over the years and the first attempt I was disturbed by a bout of dyslexia, arrythmia and cold sweat and sat there in a highly embarrassed and mute state dreadfully shaken... I abhore orchestrated approachs to discussions as I firmly believe spontaneity captures a more distinct essence... I persevered and pushed myself to overcome this... that said it is like some creature now emerges from inside of me and explodes with a heightened sense of liberation. Although I must admit I have fun with the format now... and particularly found this one quite spirited (although I had a rather shaky start and felt rather nervous in front of this group initially).
Best of luck to everyone involved in this class... it is inspiring to find people interested in music on this level... please feel free to email me in the future and ask any questions about the music industry. Although my comments are obviously inflected by my attitudes and opinions it may be of worth still.
Have fun.
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Tuesday, June 01, 2004
LOCALITY
Further to the post below... in response to comments from Chris.
I`m not saying that the concept of local is in question... just the virtual idea of community is expanding that. I agree in the sense that cyberspace is cold and isolationist... but in a sense our interaction in this format is generating a small sense of community on this basic level. Otherwise the process of actual articulation of performance is still very much implicated in states of local production and consumption (especially in the formative stages). Further to this I make mention of the physical barriers faced by artists based in Australia.
Outside of that of course, when it comes to niche musics such as more experimental types of electronic music... possibly due to the partiality to all things computer... the Internet would serve an more immediate presence in reaching and establishing a community in a global sense, that for involved participants would for intensive purposes feel like a local environment(?).
Otherwise I forgot to mention Brisbane electronic stalwarts...
PONYLOAF
Great new album coming out in August...
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Further to the post below... in response to comments from Chris.
I`m not saying that the concept of local is in question... just the virtual idea of community is expanding that. I agree in the sense that cyberspace is cold and isolationist... but in a sense our interaction in this format is generating a small sense of community on this basic level. Otherwise the process of actual articulation of performance is still very much implicated in states of local production and consumption (especially in the formative stages). Further to this I make mention of the physical barriers faced by artists based in Australia.
Outside of that of course, when it comes to niche musics such as more experimental types of electronic music... possibly due to the partiality to all things computer... the Internet would serve an more immediate presence in reaching and establishing a community in a global sense, that for involved participants would for intensive purposes feel like a local environment(?).
Otherwise I forgot to mention Brisbane electronic stalwarts...
PONYLOAF
Great new album coming out in August...
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Monday, May 31, 2004
Local scene
I have quite enjoyed this subject on music subcultures, not only in that it has provided an opportunity to assess theoretical structures around the production and consumption of music in an historical and contemporary sense but it has also afforded the chance to meet some interesting people in Andrew, Renee, and Chris.
The past two weeks we moved onto a look at the local Brisbane scene… and I realise so far I have only written on the blog about artists from overseas. Not that in anyway I have a disinterest in local and Australian artists, as I feel somewhat entangled in local and national music… and on the contrary I have been excited by many Australian artists and tend to view them more in the context of a global sense. Actually maybe the influence of the Internet has been to view the world in such a connected sense. I find the what is now happening on the World Wide Web is this new sense of extended community and accelerated information. Relationships can be established with people who have the same interests… and in light of the concept of disintermediation, producers (as in artists) can (and do) create information portals whereby regular updates are literally are at the touch of the fingers. This tends to relocate the notion of locality as being noticeably separated by spatial and temporal concerns. In a virtual type of way, the world feels more like a local scenario.
Otherwise artists that I have found engaging in the context of being geographically from Australia include:
The Dirty Threeoriginally from Melbourne (but who left early in their career to move around the cultural zones of the world like rootless cosmopolitans seemingly aware that the possibilities were much expanded if they ventured away); The Necks from Sydney (and again due to the progressive nature of their music wandered the world when the opportunity has arisen and generally self-released their music); Regurgitator from Brisbane (but now based in Sydney); Curseovdialect from Melbourne; Full Fathom Five from Brisbane; Spod from Sydney; Gerling from Sydney; Underground Lovers from Melbourne (and highly underated on past few albums); TISM from Melbourne (for the sheer insanity of what they continue to do); The Mark of Cain from Adelaide (for the strange mixture of intellectual existentialism and military aesthetics); Kim Salmon from Melbourne and Perth (especially his work with seminal artist The Scientists and his STM album), Spiderbait from Melbourne (by the way great website), Nick Cave from Melbourne originally but who left these shores early (and his work with Boys Next Door, The Birthday Party and the Bad Seeds) … as well as such luminaries as The Go-Betweens, King Snake Roost, King Idiot, Pell Mel, The Fireballs, Pangaea, Kiss My Poodles Donkey, Decoder Ring, The Triffids, The Laughing Clowns (with Ed Kuepper), Radio Birdman, The Celibate Rifles, The Avalanches, The Bird Blobs, Bit by Bats…
In general it is interesting to note the minimal amount of Australian artists who have made it beyond Australia to establish international profiles… they could possibly be counted on two hands. The transition from local to global presence is not an easy process, and although things are improving… being from Australia and the physical distance seems to offer boundaries of a sort. Will the Internet contribute to a shift in this regard?
In the process of locating these artist sites stumbled across this interesting overview of Australian music history.
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I have quite enjoyed this subject on music subcultures, not only in that it has provided an opportunity to assess theoretical structures around the production and consumption of music in an historical and contemporary sense but it has also afforded the chance to meet some interesting people in Andrew, Renee, and Chris.
The past two weeks we moved onto a look at the local Brisbane scene… and I realise so far I have only written on the blog about artists from overseas. Not that in anyway I have a disinterest in local and Australian artists, as I feel somewhat entangled in local and national music… and on the contrary I have been excited by many Australian artists and tend to view them more in the context of a global sense. Actually maybe the influence of the Internet has been to view the world in such a connected sense. I find the what is now happening on the World Wide Web is this new sense of extended community and accelerated information. Relationships can be established with people who have the same interests… and in light of the concept of disintermediation, producers (as in artists) can (and do) create information portals whereby regular updates are literally are at the touch of the fingers. This tends to relocate the notion of locality as being noticeably separated by spatial and temporal concerns. In a virtual type of way, the world feels more like a local scenario.
Otherwise artists that I have found engaging in the context of being geographically from Australia include:
The Dirty Threeoriginally from Melbourne (but who left early in their career to move around the cultural zones of the world like rootless cosmopolitans seemingly aware that the possibilities were much expanded if they ventured away); The Necks from Sydney (and again due to the progressive nature of their music wandered the world when the opportunity has arisen and generally self-released their music); Regurgitator from Brisbane (but now based in Sydney); Curseovdialect from Melbourne; Full Fathom Five from Brisbane; Spod from Sydney; Gerling from Sydney; Underground Lovers from Melbourne (and highly underated on past few albums); TISM from Melbourne (for the sheer insanity of what they continue to do); The Mark of Cain from Adelaide (for the strange mixture of intellectual existentialism and military aesthetics); Kim Salmon from Melbourne and Perth (especially his work with seminal artist The Scientists and his STM album), Spiderbait from Melbourne (by the way great website), Nick Cave from Melbourne originally but who left these shores early (and his work with Boys Next Door, The Birthday Party and the Bad Seeds) … as well as such luminaries as The Go-Betweens, King Snake Roost, King Idiot, Pell Mel, The Fireballs, Pangaea, Kiss My Poodles Donkey, Decoder Ring, The Triffids, The Laughing Clowns (with Ed Kuepper), Radio Birdman, The Celibate Rifles, The Avalanches, The Bird Blobs, Bit by Bats…
In general it is interesting to note the minimal amount of Australian artists who have made it beyond Australia to establish international profiles… they could possibly be counted on two hands. The transition from local to global presence is not an easy process, and although things are improving… being from Australia and the physical distance seems to offer boundaries of a sort. Will the Internet contribute to a shift in this regard?
In the process of locating these artist sites stumbled across this interesting overview of Australian music history.
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