Teach the world
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
My good friend Lela teaches a Music appreciation class over at the Externado in Bogota. I was invited over as guest lecturer, where the young ones were treated to what I called “An Introduction to Experimental Music”. Seeing as these kids are mostly business majors, I decided to give them a broad view of the avant garde (starting with Debussy and going on through Pierre Schaeffer and Cage), minimalism and drone music (from Reich to Basic Channel / Maurizio, LaMonte Young to Growing), and some of the newer results of joining the experimental with the pop (Sonic Youth, Boredoms, Lightning Bolt, etc…). Pretty pretentious stuff, fun for some, an unbearable brick of knowledge for others.