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The Silent Noise of John Cage - Essay Excerpt When John Cage asked Aragon, how one created history, he replied, "You have to invent it." Cage then set out to create his own musical history, that of experimentalism (Cage, Autobiographical 1). This movement included composers Morton Feldman, Pauline Oliveros, Christian Wolff, Earle Brown, and many others who, along with Cage, stretched the boundaries of music composition and broke away from the East Coast post serialists.  Largely because of geographical location, rock music and Oriental thought influenced experimental music. They revolted against Occidental music, embracing the plurality and percussive nature of Eastern Music. Cage believed that "IN THE UNITED STATES THERE ARE AS MANY WAYS OF WRITING AS THERE ARE COMPOSERS" (Cage, Silence 52). Cage did not study music in a formal institution and was unable to hear melodies in his head. For him, listening to a performance of ...

Bed-In_for_Peace,_Amsterdam_1969 During the 1960s and 1970s, experimental musicians, poets, writers, and artists discovered a new art movement: The Fluxus Movement. Nude performances, television cellos, and silent compositions became the norm of an anything but normal movement.  The Fluxus movement of the 1960s and 1070s seemed to mirror America's societal insanity by the creation of experimental art pieces which stretched the limits of art and decency. The Fluxus crew was an unlikely mix of filmmakers, poets, writers, musicians, performance artists, and actors who joined together to create a neo-Dadaist movement intent on its own destruction through anti-art and severely anti-establishment art. I participated in a Fluxus Day Celebration with Allison Knowles and Larry Miller in Miami.  My poor boyfriend had to help push the piano. He thought we were nuts. Among the Fluxus artist was the controversial composer and philosopher John Cage , who had composed the w...

Music, Women, and Technology: 7 Essays Seven insightful music essays on music, audio technology, women in electronic music , John Cage , and contemporary music history. A unique must-have resource for independent musicians, music students, educators, and music lovers. This book is about technology, reality, and changing the world through music one note at a time. DOWNLOAD FOR ONLY $2.99 TODAY AT AMAZON KINDLE Essays on:  Intermedia: Redefining American Music at the Turn of the Third Millennium. The Composer's Daughter. The Failure of Superwoman. Decomposing Composers.  In Defense of Music Technology . Music Technology: The Great Democratizer The Silent Noise of John Cage (excerpt) Extra bonus appendix with an exhaustive bibliography of resources on the topic of women in electronic music and technology.  Historical discussions on the works of artists like Pauline Oliveros, Laurie Anderson , John Cage, Pamela Z , Meredith Monk , Maggi Payne , Lynn Hershmann-Neeson, ...