This is the first message posted to test the new FunctionOfMusic discussion group (mailing list) which addresses the question "What is music for?" and various...
The domain name FunctionOfMusic.Org has been registered and the home page for this domain will be available in a day or two once the domain registration makes...
This is a copy of a message sent to the memetics mailing list in reply to a message from Richard Koenigsberg <PsycheCulture@...>. -- dpw ... From: "Douglas...
A temporary homepage to stand in for the new Function of Music website is: www.SocialTechnology.Org/FunctionOfMusic.html which currently consists of little...
I believe music has an important communicative function and is perhaps some kind of language, as many people have suggested, and so I have framed the ... For...
Somewhat against my own judgement I have subscribed this this mailing list. Does anyone remember the Good Old Days when not all mailing lists were on Yahoo?...
Robert Neville
rneville@...
Sep 10, 2002 9:00 pm
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"Death to Yahoo!", indeed, but really, to tame this monster, begin by just signing up with a new user name -- that's what I usually do, which is why my Yahoo...
The subject line of this message (posted on the new Function of Music list, see below) refers to Carl Sagan's book "The Dragons of Eden -- Speculations on the ...
... If you read Susanne Langer's book "Philosophy in a New Key" you will see the detailed reasons she gives for rejecting the "transmitting or arousing emotion...
KennethVan oost" <kennethvanoost@...> (on the memetics list) asked about Kraftwerk and machine written compositions, which are all, I think examples...
William Benzon <bbenzon@...> (on the memetics list), replying to ... I will certainly try to find the book and read it, Bill, even if I have to buy ...
Group building is indeed hard in the new Internet world, which has too much content, but aside from me we have gained about one member a day over the three day...
... Yes, but why? What is the downside to accepting some new kind of sound as music and being able to enjoy it? Each time I have learned to like a new ...
... Yes, please, let's do that. The "rules for brainstorming", if I can describe them that way are to collect ideas without being critical of others,...
... but does ordinary Bach ... purpose. Much ... the background ... was intended for ... Of course. Pleasure can be mild or intense. Likewise music ... In...
Robert Neville
rneville@...
Sep 15, 2002 4:17 am
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... Earlier in the long history (and prehistory) of our culture that may be almost true, but I do think "intellectual interest" and "kindness to friends and ...
Not sure I understand your point here. I do not think that a desire to be kind to friends or an intellectual curiosity has any role in successful music. Only...
Robert Neville
rneville@...
Sep 16, 2002 4:09 pm
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Just forwarding to FofM this message posted only on the memetics list. -- dpw ... From: "Grant Callaghan" <grantc4@...> To: <memetics@...> Sent:...
We should discuss, possibly by phone, any ideas we can find for expanding the membership of this group, which I know properly belong to. Did you ever get my...
So-called "abstract spaces" have a good claim to being as real as our familiar 4-dimensional space-time and its 3 spacelike and 1 timelike dimensions, and I am...
Mercy, Wilson, this is too much or too hard ... too something for sure .... As proof that I tried to read it, however, I note that you have most amusingly...
Drat, hoist on my own petard. Having recently experienced a nasty virus, the dreaded but very common WORM_KLEZ, and supported relative P-EUKORN (or whatever ...
You would appear to be the lucky one. Sadly, the message itself got through ... :-) Now, on another note, you have just GOT to stop referring publically to...
No unsubbing, please -- non-subscribers cannot post! Even people wishing to unsub should stay long enough to say their piece, e.g. one message. But ... What...
... Wise advice, though Dvorack thought almost all Windows machines on the net are infected though they deny it as I will now, on your advice, deny it. ... ...
... accpetance, ... that ... new ... why ... There may be multiple reasons why we resist new music. For instance, there may be cultural barriers put up by...
Philip A.E. Jonkers
ephilution@...
Sep 17, 2002 7:11 am
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... describe ... postponing ... made. A ... Wagner, and ... Bach ... Much ... background ... intended for ... Yes I do believe that is a quite general rule....
Philip A.E. Jonkers
ephilution@...
Sep 17, 2002 7:30 am
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It is clear already from the ideas posted to this list that music has not one function but many. I invite the list members (not an orchestra but a chamber...
... group ... readership of ... flood ... what ... Of course, by all means Douglas. Phil. ... of ... that ... pleasure. ... feelings, ... genres). ... morning ...
Philip A.E. Jonkers
ephilution@...
Sep 17, 2002 8:21 pm
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Sorry, sent unwritten message that only quoted all of Phil's. I meant to quote part of it and add the comment that Phil (at least, maybe others) should check ...
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