[microsound] diffusion as an art-form

[Neil Clopton]

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:06 PM, <microsound-request at or8.net> wrote:

> bout what that art might be.  if you lean a guitar against an amplifier and
> walk away for the entire feedback performance, you wouldn't think of
> crediting "gibson guitar and fender reverb deluxe amp" for the performance
> in any seriousness,


I wouldn't be so sweeping.  Yes, it sounds silly at first blush but it
depends on the specifics of the performance and the intentions of the person
setting up the conditions for feedback, doesn't it?

Without going into the boring bits that distinguish guitar pickups let me
say that they are not all alike and will feedback differently.  If I were
taking advantage of such differences to get a specific quality of feedback
the "identity" of the guitar becomes relevant.

Likewise, if the feedback performance is, in my mind, ABOUT the relationship
between human and instrument (implied by the absence of the human) I have
another reason to credit the inanimate objects I used.

-Neil
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