is noise music?

[ButterflyBlood]

i'm talking about the genre noise of course, not just noise in general. stuff such as Merzbow, Wolf Eyes, Air Conditioning, Sissy Spacek, Sightings, Smegma, Godheadsilo, ect.

A lot of my friends argue that it's not really music but more like "audio art", the same way bizzare art films that make no sense can't be considered real movies.

[Fenris]

1. Art (and in this case, music) is in the eye (or ear) of the beholder

And my ears say no. It's up to the listener.

[Forkboy]

2. I say yes

Of course I think bands like Khanate,Halo and Sunn Zero are music so what do I know? :shrug:

[Skip Intro]

3. yes

and music is noise

[aquart]

4. No. But it's subjective. I prefer to err on the side of silence.

[izzie]

5. I would say no as music has form and order.

Even when a different scale is used it has order and form, even when it sounds odd to us. Ex. Indian music.Which I like but not the same scales used.

[lojasmo]

6. Absolutely

Indeed it is. "art" either exists, or doesn't. The form doesn't matter. Check Andy Warhall, Jackson Polloc, etc. Some would say "that's not art, its a fucking soup can" or "that's not art, its splashes of paint"

Somebody's always saying something's not art....because they don't understand or appreciate it.