Well, I'll say this. Judging by your tastes (discerned from comments of praise in regards to some of this boring hard-alterna rock kicking around here), your opinion collectively adds up to meaning nothing to me.
I am actually a fine art music student, (in my junior year. NC School of the arts) and what I can tell you is that if you listened to mini-ranch it is indeed music. It has a steady rhythm, and stays within it's scale. I admit the melodies don't firm up and repeat until the ending, but this kind of music is best suited for repeated listening. See a non repeated melody initically may sound obtuse, but when heard in the contexted of a song multiple times, your mind builds what could be called a 'melodic memory' of it, and after this happens, the melodic line gains the fimilarity that most songs aspire for by repeating the same 3 or for bit line over and over. If you want me to go into the music theory behind it, ask further and I will; but seriously I just think your comment was crass, just unwarranted elitism, and you know whats 'music' and what isn't, so I do not need to. To say to another musician that he's not even making 'music', is the greatest insult to pay, and you lost all respect as soon as you said that.
"I'll be your radar" is pure IDM experimentation, I really wouldn't expect people here to understand it's musical statement unless you've been exposed to modern free jazz and noise rock outfits such as black dice and wolf eyes. It's all in time, some things don't melodically add up, but that wasn't the intent; soft child like sounds (bells, harps, music box pharses) are juxtopozed against harsh, thick feedback, asian percussion and strings mix with modern western elements; The songs all about the juxtopozitioning of all cultures of music against each other made possible only via modern technology. It's not really music as much as it is sound/noise collage. It has a structure, albiet an informal on, and a climax, though it does end mid sine wave, it's not my proudest moment but I think it still works.
We have the ability to hear music from all around the world, from all time periods, and I think it's time we begin to use that privilage, as I'm sure many earlier would have loved to have been able to do. I feel it is better to take elements and blend them than to just replecate what has already been done, so there's my thesis behind the musical collage.
Actually I'm very saddened by the dumbing of americian culture, and our vein societies inability to cope with music working outside of the pop song structure; If people would only realize that Philip Glass and Brian Eno have done just as much, if not more for music than the beatles or nirvana ever did, the world would be a better place. I have actual fans, who like my 'music' and I have art galleries and venue owners asking me to put together a live show, so there is still a demand for avant garde music, though it dwindles every year. Long story short I don't need your validation on if I make music or not.
My music has been inspired by composers Such as Steve Reich, Glenn Branca, Robin Lilburn and modern artist such as The Books, Polmo Polpo, godspeed you! black emperor, black dice etc. I suggest you look these artist up to gain a better understanding of this genre of MUSIC. Again, this is 'music', just a type of music you understand nothing about, and it's really 'just not your thing'.
