davidestevens

I'm thinking of starting a blog based around what i think it is I do. 

I thought it was drone music, but a Google search shows that that term 

has been more or less taken over by Doom Metal, which is _not what I do!

Anyone got any other terms (in common use) for music consisting of 

long sustained or slowly evolving sound(scape)s?

I'm thinking of starting a blog based around what i think it is I do.  
I thought it was drone music, but a Google search shows that that term  
has been more or less taken over by Doom Metal, which is _not what I do!

Anyone got any other terms (in common use) for music consisting of  
long sustained or slowly evolving sound(scape)s?

ot-what-would-you-call

In my opinion, music doesn't need anymore micro-genre names, music is music and should be enjoyed in it's own terms without the need to categorize, maybe categorize it as Good or Bad, but even that is misnomer. Doom metal is described as drone because it spread out from it's usual micro-genre name and adopted some other genre description (if you think about it, Doom is just a name to allow metalheads accept drone as a legitimate music, why add to this mess of names?). IDM (which started as a joke name, like Jungle or Noise), EBM, Dark Ambient, why? If you wanna follow in those footsteps, you should just start your own genre called SES (slowly evolving soundscapes...hey, you named it, why not start it). My 2 cents.

*just to emphasis, i don't intend to dissuade you from writing our blog.

Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2009 11:04:46 AM

Subject: [maxmsp] [OT] What would you call...

I'm thinking of starting a blog based around what i think it is I do. I thought it was drone music, but a Google search shows that that term has been more or less taken over by Doom Metal, which is _not what I do!

Anyone got any other terms (in common use) for music consisting of long sustained or slowly evolving sound(scape)s?

In my opinion, music doesn't need anymore micro-genre names, music is music and should be enjoyed in it's own terms without the need to categorize, maybe categorize it as Good or Bad, but even that is misnomer.  Doom metal is described as drone because it spread out from it's usual  micro-genre name and adopted some other genre description (if you think about it, Doom is just a name to allow metalheads accept drone as a legitimate music, why add to this mess of names?).  IDM (which started as a joke name, like Jungle or Noise), EBM, Dark Ambient, why? If you wanna follow in those footsteps, you should just start your own genre called SES (slowly evolving soundscapes...hey, you named it, why not start it).  My 2 cents.
-chuck 
*just to emphasis, i don't intend to dissuade you from writing our blog.

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From: David Stevens 
Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2009 11:04:46 AM
Subject: [maxmsp] [OT] What would you call...

:-) Oh, I agree with either side of that argument - either don't 

pigeon hole it, or invent my own name (SlowlyEvolvingSoundscapes is 

pretty good). The reason I bought this up, is that if you want to 

optimise for Google, so as to increase your chances of getting noticed 

by the people who might be interested in what you're doing, you need 

to find and use the search expressions that _they are using. I have 

some internet marketing software that does a very nice job of this, 

and when I researched "drone music", all the top sites are for Drone 

There again, there's a station in California (KFJC?) that broadcasts 

24 hours of drone from time to time (I downloaded a days worth a few 

months ago, and there were some really interesting improvisations in 

there.) So drome does cover more than Metal. I guess there's a bigger 

audience for the Metal version (Hmm - I have a guitar laying around 

Anyway, I just registered www.sustainedsoundcom , so at least I have a 

> In my opinion, music doesn't need anymore micro-genre names, music 

> is music and should be enjoyed in it's own terms without the need to 

> categorize, maybe categorize it as Good or Bad, but even that is 

> misnomer. Doom metal is described as drone because it spread out 

> from it's usual micro-genre name and adopted some other genre 

> description (if you think about it, Doom is just a name to allow 

> metalheads accept drone as a legitimate music, why add to this mess 

> of names?). IDM (which started as a joke name, like Jungle or 

> Noise), EBM, Dark Ambient, why? If you wanna follow in those 

> footsteps, you should just start your own genre called SES (slowly 

> evolving soundscapes...hey, you named it, why not start it). My 2 

> *just to emphasis, i don't intend to dissuade you from writing our 

> Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2009 11:04:46 AM

> Subject: [maxmsp] [OT] What would you call...

> I'm thinking of starting a blog based around what i think it is I 

> do. I thought it was drone music, but a Google search shows that 

> that term has been more or less taken over by Doom Metal, which is 

> Anyone got any other terms (in common use) for music consisting of 

> long sustained or slowly evolving sound(scape)s?

:-)  Oh, I agree with either side of that argument - either don't  
pigeon hole it, or invent my own name (SlowlyEvolvingSoundscapes is  
pretty good). The reason I bought this up,  is that if you want to  
optimise for Google, so as to increase your chances of getting noticed  
by the people who might be interested in what you're doing, you need  
to find and use the search expressions that _they are using. I have  
some internet marketing software that does a very nice job of this,  
and when I researched "drone music", all the top sites are for Drone  
Doom Metal.
There again, there's a station in California (KFJC?) that broadcasts  
24 hours of drone from time to time (I downloaded a days worth a few  
months ago, and there were some really interesting improvisations in  
there.) So drome does cover more than Metal. I guess there's a bigger  
audience for the Metal version (Hmm - I have a guitar laying around  
here somewhere :-) )

Anyway, I just registered www.sustainedsoundcom , so at least I have a  
domain name.

> In my opinion, music doesn't need anymore micro-genre names, music  
> is music and should be enjoyed in it's own terms without the need to  
> categorize, maybe categorize it as Good or Bad, but even that is  
> misnomer.  Doom metal is described as drone because it spread out  
> from it's usual  micro-genre name and adopted some other genre  
> description (if you think about it, Doom is just a name to allow  
> metalheads accept drone as a legitimate music, why add to this mess  
> of names?).  IDM (which started as a joke name, like Jungle or  
> Noise), EBM, Dark Ambient, why? If you wanna follow in those  
> footsteps, you should just start your own genre called SES (slowly  
> evolving soundscapes...hey, you named it, why not start it).  My 2  
> cents.
> -chuck
> *just to emphasis, i don't intend to dissuade you from writing our  
> blog.
>
> From: David Stevens 
> Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2009 11:04:46 AM
> Subject: [maxmsp] [OT] What would you call...
>
> I'm thinking of starting a blog based around what i think it is I  
> do. I thought it was drone music, but a Google search shows that  
> that term has been more or less taken over by Doom Metal, which is  
> _not what I do!
>
> Anyone got any other terms (in common use) for music consisting of  
> long sustained or slowly evolving sound(scape)s?
>
> thanks
>
> David
>


...ya, name it what you'd like and claim it for your own. in the end, a commonly known genre-name is as temporary and appropriate as an advertising campaign.