on life, music etc beyond mainstream
2018 15 Jan
von: Martina Weber Filed under: Blog | TB | Tags: Brian Eno | 4 Comments
The biggest arguments about validity are almost always about this subject: whether or not certain things are allowed to be included as suitable areas for artistic attention, and whether or not certain others can be left out. Peter Schmidt used to have a phrase: “ … to omit what no one else has thought of leaving out.“ In music, no one thought of leaving out the music.
Brian Eno: A year with swollen appendices. Brian Eno´s diary.
Faber and Faber, 1996, p. 374
More Oblique strategies you can find here …
Except maybe, John Cage
IN A COMPOSITIONAL CRISIS, BUNITA HAD ASKED HER FRIEND JOHN CAGE FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO GET OUT OF IT * HE RECOMMENDED SHE TREAT HER INNER COMPOSER WITH SOME SUGAR AND KEEP THINGS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE * SHE TOOK HIS ADVICE LITERALLY, PUTTING A BOX OF SUGAR CUBES ON HER STEINWAY AND STARTED WORKING ON A PIECE THAT IS BASED ON THE SIMPLEST IDEA SHE COULD THINK OF AT THE TIME:
@ Brian
just had the same idea