This is a piece that is in almost complete opposition to popular music: it is different with every performance, there is no familiar structure, there are no vocal melodies or recognizable chord changes, and the production is technically sloppy. The piece is called “Pop Music” because it exploits the popping sound one hears when slicing an audio file in a DAW or in real-time without fading the audio file in or out, which is something that’s rarely heard on the radio. “Pop Music”, however, because of the way it has been programmed, as an instrument that can be learned and controlled with practice, has potential to mimic most elements of popular music and even sound like a pop song, although I choose not to perform the piece in this way. If performed as a pop song in tandem with the popping quality of the sounds, perhaps “Pop Music” is more “poppy” than radio-friendly music. vimeo.com/55806079
