[Rumori] Glamour of Theft

[matt davignon]

Hmmm, I would've guessed step 2 would come before step 1. In music, there's 
the additional "coolness factor of using a sampler", which is similar to #2, 
but not the same. Sampler being a fairly "hip" instrument to play, sometimes 
even being called gimmicky.

I've always used sampling as a tool to combine fragments of sound that were 
originally beyond my control into something pleasant sounding and unique. So 
I really don't feel much different about "theft" sampling (copyrighted music 
samples) and sampling "legal" things like household objects or field 
recordings. Except that 1) music is inherently easier to turn into music and 
2) it's too expensive to make vinyl of source material that doesn't already 
exist on vinyl.

Guess that makes me a #3, but I don't think it's a "phases" thing for most 
people. I can name more folks that have stayed pretty much in one field than 
ones who have started entirely in one "phase" but now work in a different 
one.

Matt


>At 05:45 PM 7/15/03 -0700, Steev Hise wrote:
>
>>I've been talking about 3 "phases" of cultural recycling for a
>>while, they don't neccesarily always go in this order for
>>everyone, and some artists oscillate back and forth, but anyway:
>>
>>  1. The Pleasure of the Intertext
>>  2. The Glamour of Theft
>>  3.  (i don't have a zippy phrase for this one) appropriation as
>>tool for getting other stuff done
>>
>>It would be interesting to take a survey on where everyone things
>>they are amongst these.
>

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