Cartridge Music - John Cage

Dartmouth College Contemporary Music Lab

November 20, 2008
Spheris Gallery, Hanover, NH

Director: Doug Perkins
Realization/Performance: Michael Chinen, Chris Peck, Paul Osetinsky

in association with Newton Armstrong's Graduate Seminar in Electro-Acoustic Music

Camera: Pete Mathias
Sound Recording/Video Editing: Chris Peck

Category:

Music

Tags:

• experimental
• music
• johncage
• dartmouth
• velcro
• contactmic

[kingophio]

that is one sick beard...

[Valkyriefury]

@Zedzilla I know this science, I'm just not a fan. I take the commonly excepted definition of music, anything like this video strikes me as interesting and curious, but not music.

Nevertheless, do as you enjoy. I wouldn't have dissuaded John Cage and I won't dissuade you.

[Zedzilla]

@Valkyriefury is it sound? yes.  Then it is music. people may argue that to death, but I've played stuff like this live (a lot more noisy and rhythmic though), and while this specific performance doesn't impress me at all, I would love to be able to learn the science that may or may not be behind compositions such as this. based on this video, and others on youtube, it seems mostly interpretative. i like microphone feedback, as a sound, so my opinion is not necessarily the best, i suppose

[Valkyriefury]

@Zedzilla I'm seriously curious as to why it's considered music. I didn't even think it was anything more than experimentation until the end. So to satiate my curiosity can you please explain?

As for doing it professionally... I don't really think there's a market for it. You'd probably have to be a student or professor in music to do this and receive money for it.

[Zedzilla]

@Valkyriefury

no i know how to make this stuff, and i know why it's considered music. I want to do this professionally, is what I'm saying. don't appreciate the condescending comment from chickadee1391 down there either ;)

[Valkyriefury]

@Zedzilla Make a piezoelectric contact mic and then fuck around. These guys were just experimenting making different sounds, I don't even see why it's labeled music.

[afsdasdasda]

Very good!

[reeseslover19]

WTF?! How is this auditorily stimulating on any level.

[Chicadee1391]

expensive equipment, lots of research on the right composers, experiment your own ideas, experiment your own ideas, experiment your own ideas, practice a lot, learn to listen to the world around you, maybe go to a music university to study Music Technology where experts can teach you how to do all this stuff. Its not going to happen overnight.

[Zedzilla]

i am trying to do this. someone please explain the steps i need to take in order to become an expert performer of these kinds of works or a composer of these kinds of works.