"Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments and make it live. Musicians would be able to play it and create this kind of abstract fabric of sound"
- Terry Riley
About this Quote
This quote by Terry Riley speaks to his desire to check out the possibilities of sound through experimentation. He wished to take the repeating and music pieces he had been dealing with and bring them to life with the help of live musicians. He wished to develop an abstract fabric of sound, a soundscape that might be controlled and explored by the musicians. This quote speaks with Riley's desire to press the borders of sound and explore the possibilities of what could be created with the help of live musicians. He wanted to develop something that was distinct and could be explored and manipulated in genuine time. This quote talks to Riley's enthusiasm for sound and his desire to create something that was really unique and might be explored and manipulated in real time.
This quote is written / told by Terry Riley somewhere between June 24, 1935 and today. He was a famous Composer from USA.
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