Fatboy Slim thoughts about software synths

[mcnoone]

I must admit, the terms "good" and "bad" are a chosen a bit unfortunately...
OTOH, as a musician you want to get heard, because you want to express something. So, admittedly, if you make music that everyone want to listen to, it even could be bad music, but if you make good music that nobody want to listen to, isn't that bad (not to get heard)??
Above all, it's different if you make music (and shows) to earn money (like Norman Cook), or if you perform it as kind of an ("good" meant) art in your spare time.

Not.
I'm not doing anything to be popular or liked.
I'm doing whatever I do, for the joy of doing it.
(of course I don't really do much music, but in sound design for me it applies)
Someone true to doing what they enjoy, is not gonna be the one doing the latest trend. There too busy creating the next one.

[vurt]

Good is what people want to listen to.

Bad is what nobody wants to listen to.

So you can have the best analog hardware (synthesizer) equipment for $30,000 -- if you make crappy music with it that nobody wants to hear, then it really doesn't sound better than that of the in-the-box-guy with free Oatmeal and Crystal who creates outstanding tunes...just an example...

You can feel yourself better with $30,000 synthesizers, but your music don't care for.

So, should you head a committee that assigns the proper level of instrument to a musician based on how you perceive their talent?

We need no committee, we only need listeners...

but the majority of listeners only listen to what theyre told to listen to by the radio or magazines.
eg adelle has sold more albums in the uk in just over a year than michael jacksons thriller sold since it was released 30 ish years ago, does that mean adelle is better than michael jackson?
does quantity mean quality? mcdonalds sell more burgers other high end restaurants, so their food is better than a trained chef?

[Tricky-Loops]

Good is what people want to listen to.

Bad is what nobody wants to listen to.

So you can have the best analog hardware (synthesizer) equipment for $30,000 -- if you make crappy music with it that nobody wants to hear, then it really doesn't sound better than that of the in-the-box-guy with free Oatmeal and Crystal who creates outstanding tunes...just an example...

You can feel yourself better with $30,000 synthesizers, but your music don't care for.

So, should you head a committee that assigns the proper level of instrument to a musician based on how you perceive their talent?

We need no committee, we only need listeners...

but the majority of listeners only listen to what theyre told to listen to by the radio or magazines.
eg adelle has sold more albums in the uk in just over a year than michael jacksons thriller sold since it was released 30 ish years ago, does that mean adelle is better than michael jackson?
does quantity mean quality? mcdonalds sell more burgers other high end restaurants, so their food is better than a trained chef?

How should the majority of listeners know of you, if they don't read about you??

Nobody would have known Fatboy Slim, if he haven't had such a good marketing to blend himself amongst the folk...

[vurt]

How should the majority of listeners know of you, if they don't read about you??

im not interested in the majority of listeners, they clearly have no taste and no mind of their own.

[Tricky-Loops]

How should the majority of listeners know of you, if they don't read about you??

im not interested in the majority of listeners, they clearly have no taste and no mind of their own.

Then have fun with your sonority made on the run for the minority...

[trimph1]

AAAAAGGGGHHH!!!!

We now have the idea that to be good means you have to be popular!!!!


AAAAAGGGGHHH!!!!
















I knew that trope would show up at some point....

[vurt]

How should the majority of listeners know of you, if they don't read about you??

im not interested in the majority of listeners, they clearly have no taste and no mind of their own.

Then have fun with your sonority made on the run for the minority...

i do have fun, thanks.
the fun is in the process, not whether other people enjoy it
the only minority i care about when it comes to my output is me, anything beyond that is too much hassle, having to cater to other people isnt my idea of fun. if it was id work in retail, fame just means not being able to go for a walk in the park without being hassled

[Tricky-Loops]

AAAAAGGGGHHH!!!!

We now have the idea that to be good means you have to be popular!!!!

AAAAAGGGGHHH!!!!
I knew that trope would show up at some point....

Yeah, Sunny BMG here...we take every dime of you, except the fame...

[munchkin]

I think they should be put out to pasture really. I mean, them going on about modern software is like watching your dad dancing.

Most obviously they are still more youthful than many farts are at 40 or 45...

I'm already out to pasture and it's lonely here so that's why I want company!

[Mutant]

Yawn. I am sleepy.

3:43 AM here...

And WTF am i still reading this thread ????????????

[Loki Fuego]

Someone said that this thread will go to 30 pages. Well, it's close

[quayquay17]

Someone said that this thread will go to 30 pages. Well, it's close

Who has been spreading this fallacy?!

[cyphersuit]

Slimboy Phat

[whyterabbyt]

OTOH, as a musician you want to get heard, because you want to express something.

No, expressing something has nothing to do with sharing that expression of something.

if you make good music that nobody want to listen to, isn't that bad (not to get heard)??

Why would it be, unless you're desparate for validation?

[jens]

I'm already out to pasture and it's lonely here so that's why I want company!

But you can't have them! I'm not giving them up yet!