You guys are FAR too concerned about technical excellence!!!

[Amberience]

I believe that the music itself should have a life of its own outside of a single person's interpretation.

I agree with that.

Would my music survive if electricity disapeared? No, it wouldn't.. but I'd create more.. unless I'm dead of course.

Which begs the question... Why should music survive? I agree, it has a life of its own... but part of life is death, and part of death is forgetting.

[Markleford]

Which begs the question... Why should music survive? I agree, it has a life of its own... but part of life is death, and part of death is forgetting.

Or, perhaps instead, part of death is change? The passing of the old makes room for the new!

Ponder ponder ponder...

- m

[dystonia_ek]

I believe that the music itself should have a life of its own outside of a single person's interpretation.

I agree with that.

Would my music survive if electricity disapeared? No, it wouldn't.. but I'd create more.. unless I'm dead of course.

Which begs the question... Why should music survive? I agree, it has a life of its own... but part of life is death, and part of death is forgetting.

Nicely stated. I agree with this totally. Part of the beauty of music is its transience.

[Marc JX8P]

Haven't written all replies in this thread so sorry if I repeat something, but:

Isn't the search for (a degree of) technical excellence traditionally the engineers' job? In most cases, these days, the jobs of engineer and musician/composer get mixed up which can lead to a problem if you let the one influence the other too much. The way I see it is that for some people this technical stuff is way more interesting than actually composing which is a perfectly fine and even creative goal in itself in my view.

[Markleford]

In most cases, these days, the jobs of engineer and musician/composer get mixed up which can lead to a problem if you let the one influence the other too much.

With the advent of the "bedroom studio" these two roles are indeed merging. In fact, many people self-identify this role as being a "producer". (which is actually quite different from the album producer role from the "old days")

- m

[Beardedone]

Marc JX8P wrote:
In most cases, these days, the jobs of engineer and musician/composer get mixed up which can lead to a problem if you let the one influence the other too much.

With the advent of the "bedroom studio" these two roles are indeed merging. In fact, many people self-identify this role as being a "producer". (which is actually quite different from the album producer role from the "old days")

- m

Right on. A traditional record producer has to deal with artist personalities and the creative vicissititudes inherent to working with groups under the pressure of a deadline. This is non-issue for us solo DAW types, unless the "bedroom producer" in question has multiple personalities.

[vurt]

unless the "bedroom producer" in question has multiple personalities.

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