True, but 'ok' just wouldn't cut it.... Not against todays standard. I mean, you have to be a good producer to be noticed. That's one of the unfortunate things about the modern music industry. But they do have to be a bit of a jack of all trades too. After all they have to learn everything. Synthesis, drum programing, mixing, production... The list goes on and on.tehlord wrote:Being an electronic musician requires absolutely no prior skill. There is no technique as such, no muscle memory that you HAVE to take time to learn. You can simply click away with a mouse and theoretically get 'ok' with trial and error.Robmobius wrote:It depends on what standard you are holding the electronic music too.tehlord wrote:Maybe it's because learning a guitar takes time and dedication and making electronic music is relatively easy.
I mean it's simple enough to grab a guitar and bash out a few chords. Early Punk demonstrated just how easy it was. American punk is huge, but I would consider most of it to be 'pop punk'. But the songs are still simple enough.
While it's easy enough to get an electronic set up going in your bedroom. To get really good, takes years. But the standard I'm talking about here would be 90's Darkside Drum and Bass. Which is considered by many to be the apex electronic music production.
Learning to be a musician that can actually play an instrument is not even remotely comparable.
Learning to become good at both takes a fairly equal amount of time however.
But excellent guitarists are 10 a penny... All those heavy metal kids, who are in their 20's and 30's now, and who have been practicing three hours a day since they were 13.