Music 6, week 9: modernism and post-modernism

Concepts:
media and distrubution
self-reference and point of view
ownership, copyright, and appropriation
music and money
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)

Music on reserve:
Pauline Oliveros, Bye Bye Butterfly (1965; 8:10)
Sonic Youth, Audience (1983; 6:00)
George Lewis, Voyager, no. 1 (1993; 3:00)
Negativland, The Perfect Cut, 11 minutes (1989; 4:26)
Maryanne Amacher, Head rhythm 1; Plaything 2 (1999; 10:14)
Yoshihiro Hanno On/off edit (2001; 9:10)

Reading: Chris Cutler, Plunderphonics (in Music, Electronic Media, and Culture, pp. 88-114)