tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91915969521354428542011-04-21T22:42:16.319-07:00This is a blog for the musicians and thinkers that comprise the Perspectives of New Music community.PNMBLOGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193452533672244269noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191596952135442854.post-14361906171629935372008-12-31T11:32:00.000-08:002008-12-31T11:35:23.706-08:00For unstructured, open discussions, probably the better vehicle would be the new PNM discussion group at<br />http://groups.google.com/group/perspectives-of-new-music?lnk=srg&pli=1<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9191596952135442854-1436190617162993537?l=perspectivesofnewmusic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>PNMBLOGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193452533672244269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191596952135442854.post-2179258325270988362008-08-13T15:55:00.000-07:002008-08-13T15:56:35.771-07:00Blogger Maxx said...<br /><br /> I would be very interested in learning to compose, but I had a difficult time learning counterpoint (apparently Cage never took to harmony well either). What materials does one recommend for the aspiring composer without academic support?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9191596952135442854-217925832527098836?l=perspectivesofnewmusic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>PNMBLOGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193452533672244269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191596952135442854.post-51497604710108224072008-05-22T10:49:00.000-07:002008-05-22T10:51:34.078-07:00What are the topics we should discuss in this blog? Give us a thoughtful starting text. <br /><br />-- John Rahn<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9191596952135442854-5149760471010822407?l=perspectivesofnewmusic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>PNMBLOGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193452533672244269noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191596952135442854.post-91325308365044884012008-05-22T10:46:00.000-07:002008-05-22T10:48:19.499-07:00from ben boretz <br /><br />...am I wrong to think that it’s the traditional intellectual role of composers to raise the really far-reaching, radically searching questions about music? If I’m not wrong then I’d ask: what count as questions like that for music now, for composers now? I’m still trying to ask questions like that, but mine are naturally continuous extensions from an earlier time; for someone who came into the world as a composer within the last 25-30 years the issue of what core of musical convention is essential to expose and penetrate and renew probably has to look radically different – and that’s what Perspectives wants and needs to know about and to represent.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9191596952135442854-9132530836504488401?l=perspectivesofnewmusic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>PNMBLOGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193452533672244269noreply@blogger.com1