[HN Gopher] Morton Subotnick
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       Morton Subotnick
        
       Author : brudgers
       Score  : 41 points
       Date   : 2022-09-20 04:56 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.mortonsubotnick.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.mortonsubotnick.com)
        
       | scrozier wrote:
       | Subotnick was one of my first introductions to experimental
       | music, in a composition class in 1977, taught by Merill Ellis at
       | the University of North Texas. Recently I met Morton briefly in
       | NYC, where he was giving a performance of a new work. He's quite
       | an old man now, but full of creative energy and immense good
       | humor.
        
         | lukasb wrote:
         | Saw him give a performance of old+new work about six months
         | ago. Was pretty blown away. Great visuals (by a collaborator)
         | as well.
        
       | tomcam wrote:
       | Sorry, but Kanye and the Beatles crapped out more creative sounds
       | per album than Subotnick did his entire career.
       | 
       | I tried to be impressed by him. I really did. My college
       | electronic music grades would have been so much better if I were.
       | 
       | Goodbye, sweet HN karma...
        
       | polynomial wrote:
       | Just going by Wayback Machine, it looks like the site is
       | essentially unchanged since at least 2007. It was first indexed
       | in 1998, however I didn't go back as far as that.
        
         | tootie wrote:
         | Well, it lists performances up to 2017 so someone was updating
         | it to then. I saw him live earlier this year so it's seemingly
         | been abandoned.
        
       | skinpop wrote:
       | love his early Buchla stuff.
        
         | polynomial wrote:
         | Please don't lick the Buchla.
        
           | smoldesu wrote:
           | Be careful touching it in general. A lot of people said the
           | rotary sequencer was enlightening, but that's just because
           | they never found the door of perception hidden inside the
           | unit...
        
           | matrix12 wrote:
           | How am I suppose to explain this to my daughter!?!?! :P
        
       | nluken wrote:
       | I first learned about Mr. Subotnick in a class about the
       | development of electronic music, among other titans of the 20th
       | century avant-garde music. Many of these composers will never
       | earn the widespread appreciation they are due for their
       | accomplishments, but they left an indelible mark on music
       | production, and serve as inspiration for a surprisingly wide
       | breadth of artists.
        
         | cal85 wrote:
         | Interested to listen to more composers/musicians in this area.
         | Could you recommend any?
        
           | brudgers wrote:
           | Maybe The Classical Nerd YouTube channel?
           | 
           | https://youtube.com/c/ClassicalNerd
           | 
           | It covers more than the 20th century, but there are many
           | hours of 20th century content.
        
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