books and bodies
My friend Nick, with whom I had the pleasure of hanging out in Berlin, has posted an excellent entry on his participation brainstorming the future of the book along with the likes of Bob Stein and Cory Doctorow among others. I don't have much to say today, but his thoughts are completely in line with my thinking about our strange relationship to computers. Being a musician who uses a computer as my instrument, I worry about the fact that my body has so little to do with the sounds I make.
My friend Nathan in Berlin, a dancer, mover, and leader of an ensemble called Demonshaker just shakes his head in bewilderment at my strangely disassociated relationship to my body when making music. When it comes down to it, music for me is something that happens between the ears, and I can tickle that spot the best by making electronic sounds.