Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: In its call for contributions to the Fall 2021 issue of Array Journal, the editors asked why the ICMA has so few members who identify as Black, given the considerable debt that the field of computer music owes to musical and technological innovations of Black artists.This article provides a set of responses to the question posed.Virginia Tech invited four Black artists whose work might be considered computer music (this piece puts pressure on borders implied by the term "computer music") to participate in a conversation.Perspectives not often heard within ICMA discourse are shared herein.It is hoped that this conversation will lead to self-reflection on the part of the ICMA membership, and to further conversations, ultimately motivating the ICMA to adopt policies that will make the organization a more inclusive association than it is currently.This is an edited down version of the original interview, thematized under 'institutions' , 'technology' , 'genre' , 'skills' , 'rhythm' , 'art music' , and 'ICMC' .Thanks go to Eric Lyon for organizing and conducting the interview. InstitutionsGuidry: Maybe we should make Black coding camps for music.I've started learning how to do this.I've always had a lot of respect for you all but it's so hard.Ableton is so hard.Everyone wants to charge so much money to teach me how to do it, and they talk in these huge words that I have no idea what they're saying.It's just been coined in this way that makes it almost impossible for people to even know that most, if not all of this music, comes from Blackness.I think so many things have to be torn down.But starting with the aesthetic being torn down and giving correct representation and credit.Then the other things will really start to fall into place.50 array2021
Source: array. the journal of the ICMA
Authors: Elizabeth A. Baker, Jessie Cox, Joy Guidry, Yvette Janine Jackson, Eric Lyon
Language: English
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4285320193