Its not the world, its music, which is far more important. For me it either works or it doesn't. Kylie Minogue and Yo Yo Ma are equal in my eyes. I would laoe to be a pretentious git and say that I could appreciate one over the other but the simple fact is that neither do anything at all for me. its just the way it is, its not something over which I have any control [much like my mouth].Lunatique wrote:I don't think it's cool to just outright dismiss the talent and hard work of traditional musicians either like you have. Why must the world be black and white to you? I'd think at your age you'd have seen through all that?
Its interesting, isn't it, that we feel we have to go to these lengths, when we can accept it all at face value when it applies to something like a cello or mouth-organ. To me each is equally evident.Instead of debating about whether acoustic instruments are superior to synths, we should maybe make efforts to either learn to perform a synth at the same level or find examples of those who could. We could also figure out how we can map relevant parameters to controllers in an intuitive manner that will aid us in expressing ourselves with synths.
I don't see why. If we can do it one way, we can sure as hell do it the other. i.e. If it can be performed by a person in front of an instrument, it can be captured and reused by a sequencer. It really comes down to spirituality - you want so desperately to believe that a human being has some special worth that no machine can possibly do justice to, but I am perfectly at ease with the notion that we are just worthless bags of meat, so I see no reason that a computer can't out-do us easily.I completely understand your point about the level of subtlety and expression that automation on a sequencer gives you--we all use those features on our own music so we've all benefited from it. But I guess this particular point tends to evolve into point #2--composition vs. performance (and this is why the discussion gets muddy because we're mixing discussion points).
At the end of the day, all I care about is results. The process is only a means to an end. I suppose that because I am making exactly the music I want to make, I am happy as a pig in shit with where everything as it is today. What I really cannot see is how that is not largely true for anyone wanting to make any kind of music imaginable. "Largely" means I can absolutely see room for changes/improvement but the next big thing? Its just not going to happen.
). My 'hate' for the Edge is a big one: the guy hits one note and then lets a delay pedal do the rest - it amazes me why some consider the fool a decent guitarist
and nothing new but their a great band and you should check them out mate