[silence] Petr Kotik's Umbilical Cord

[Glenn Freeman]

John Saylor wrote:

> hi
>
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Glenn Freeman  
> <glenn@ogreogress.com> wrote:
>> The really great
>> music can endure such changes, becoming the 'classical music' of the
>> future and thus free of the limitations of tradition.
>
> 'classical' music is a marketing term.

in regard to cage, is 'music' also a marketing term?

> why should we care about the future [shouldn't we try to make a better
> present (musically)] ?

caring is an emotion and this whole idea of better ... hmm. however,  
composers who take the time to carefully notate music on paper are, by  
definition, relating themselves with the future.

> and, if you take a cage score and 'misinterpret' it [according to
> kotik], but make music that you and others find compelling- what's
> wrong with that?

you will have to ask kotik, who admits to misinterpreting cage for  
exactly such reasons.

Glenn Freeman
OgreOgress productions
http://ogreogress.com