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Old 12-13-2014, 09:35 PM   #342 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The Batlord View Post
That's fine. I've listened to traffic too. It's hypnotic. But, as you said, it's not a composition. Neither is silence. Also, not disputing the artistic merit of a "silent composition", just its nature as a composition.
I believe that the silence of the composition brings the listener closer to what isn't being written, so the non-compositional nature becomes part of the composition.
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