I'm told Sonic Youth falls in this category, so apparently I am very familiar with NOISE MUSIC and just didn't know it. NOISE MUSIC is definitely a thing but also definitely a supervague thing that I never hear mentioned despite listening to and reading about music literally every day. That NE corner pushed me around badly until I managed to get SCHOLARSHIP up there ( 10D: Knowledge, or a means to acquire it). I am sure I've heard the phrase before, maybe seen it in xwords, but that didn't help me at all when I had -MUSIC. But back to my not knowing things: NOISE MUSIC (11D: Nonmelodic genre). BALLERS is most common in sports (to describe people who are very good at them) but has extended out from there to have (professional athlete) lifestyle implications ("baller" is also an adjective, just fyi). though the latter took me a few beats because hoo boy shouldn't that have "in times of yore" or "once" or "quaintly" or something attached to it? I feel like I haven't heard that term since the '90s. And I'm speaking as someone who flat-out knew both BALLERS and PLAYER-HATERS. Basically "I guess I heard that somewhere" was the order of the day. I guess I heard that somewhere" ( 36A: Shared a workspace, in modern parlance). Ran the alphabet to get "T," and immediately thought "Oh, yeah. I think the low point for me was looking at HO-DESKED and. I just couldn't find the handle on a ton of clues, and much of the grid was just outside my knowledge or off my wavelength. No flow whatsoever today, but I don't think it's the puzzle's fault. In many instances, conventional use of melody, harmony, rhythm or pulse is dispensed with. More generally noise music may contain aspects such a improvisation, extended technique, cacophony and indeterminacy. There may also be emphasis on high volume levels and lengthy, continuous pieces. It may incorporate live machine sounds, non-musical vocal techniques, physically manipulated audio media, processed sound recordings, field recording, computer-generated noise, stochastic process, and other randomly produced electronic signals such as distortion, feedback, static, hiss and hum. Noise music can feature acoustically or electronically generated noise, and both traditional and unconventional musical instruments. This type of music tends to challenge the distinction that is made in conventional musical practices between musical and non-musical sound. Noise music includes a wide range of musical styles and sound-based creative practices that feature noise as a primary aspect. Noise music is a genre of music that is characterised by the expressive use of noise within a musical context. Word of the Day: NOISE MUSIC ( 11D: Nonmelodic genre).
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