composition is improvisation

in reality there is no real difference between improvisation and composition. it is our need to understand the world around us and our lives in it that establishes these 2 classes. but they are really only true in language. in fact all music is improvised. when a composer writes a piece of music she is improvising in the most profound meaning of the word. when a so called free improviser improvises he grabs themes and expressions from his "vocabulary" and interprets them there and then. some people believe that they are playing something they call "non idiomatic improvisation", but such does not exist. the idioms are all around and inside us. the fact that you feel your music does not fit into any of the shelves in your local cd store does not mean that your music is freer. very few musicians feel that they fit in to categories. but all of us play on what we carry in our own musical "bag".
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ivaranz

how flashy is comunication death?

a good friend of mine is also a very active musician and composer. he also has his own record label where he releases his own as well as other creative musicians music. and of course he has his own web site. the only problem is that some months ago he was talked into switching to a much more elegant design by way of macromedia flash. today he sent me an email saying that he could not show me his latest mp3 because his f**** web site does not allow him to upload music himself. he has to get hold of the designer first and he is off studying in scotland or somewhere. this sucks. the web is fantastic beacause of 2 things. first, it is available anywhere whenever you are anywhere. second, because it enables every body to be a publisher and not least because the reader, listener, user can talk back. now, because of this elegant tool, this very creative and active artist can no longer communicate in real time with his fans. if he had had a simple html site he would not have this problem. anyone for a solution (that does not demand of him to go off somewhere to become a macromedia engineer)?

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ivaranz