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EMUSIC-L, an irregularly-updated electronic music blog
Joe McMahon mcmahon@ibiblio.org
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EMUSIC-L and SYNTH-L were Internet electronic mailing lists based out of
American University in Washington, DC. They were a synergistic pair of
discussion groups: EMUSIC-L discussed more esoteric aspects of electronic
music - performance, music theory,composition, and synthesis, while SYNTH-L
discussed the technical details of composing, recording and performing
electronic music - hardware, software, recording technique, and the like.
There was some small overlap between the two lists, and many of the same
people were to be found on both.
- EMUSIC-L started in January of 1989 by Eric Harnden of AU
- Resigned as list administrator in November, 1989
- Joe McMahon (the current listowner) took over
- SYNTH-L created to gateway rec.music.synth in 1990
- SYNTH-L split off as separate entity in September, 1991
- Mike Metlay added as co-administrator in 1992
- Martin Russ began FAQ list in 1994
- EMUSIC-L is ten years old as of 1/99
- EMUSIC-L and SYNTH-L suspend operations 6/01
- Archived here at ibiblio.org
- An unmoderated, open discussion list
- Monitored by listowners to keep discussions on-track and civil
- Intended focus on the performance and composition aspects of electronic
music.
Hard subjects
- Programming techniques
- Synthesis methods
- Performance
Soft Subjects
- Esthetics
- Musical analysis & theory
- Future directions in music
- "Blue-sky" concepts
Ad policies
- Did not accept ads
- Announcements of conferences,calls for papers, etc., were acceptable
- Aggressively pursued spammers and one-shot ads
- Like EMUSIC-L, unmoderated, open discussion list
- Monitored by listowners to keep this on-track
- Geared toward more hardware-oriented discussions
Subjects
- Equipment (synthesizers, controllers, effects, recording equipment)
- Recording techniques
- Performance setup and technique
- Music software
Ad policies
- Non-commercial buy/sell by subscribers only
- Did not permit spamming or other off-the-topic ads
- Available here at the Web site
- Only for EMUSIC-L; no back issues exist for SYNTH-L
- A Picosearch search engine is available
Any further questions or comments can be directed to
Joe McMahon, the current listowner,
or Mike Metlay, the co-administrator,
simply by clicking on their names here.
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