Art in all forms is about expression.
Moods & emotions that an artform creates are different in each individual.
Regardless of what the means are that are used to reach the musical end. what
is created is what matters. (plagerisism aside) technological advancement
is not the problem. The problem starts when quality and authentisity are
compromised for laziness and lack of skill.IMO
peace
mg
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> Yeah, I am on the artform side. I think it will be the demise of DJing the
> day that it becomes a machine-led thing.
how is it any less of an "artform" when technology is involved?
I think the real issue here is unwarranted nostalgia holding us back from
a better experience. How can you confidently state that there's no
"art" to mixing mp3s using finalscratch when you haven't even tried it,
and most likely haven't even seen anyone else try it?
What, just because it doesn't rely on a crappy, outdated, extremely
inconvenient technology, it's not as good?
It's not about "finding song x on npaster vs finding song x on a
record" and which is more rewarding - of course it's more rewarding to
find song x on vinyl. but try to think of the possibilities that digital
mixing opens up - you could easily play your own songs, the ones you don't
want to spend $50 getting an acetate cut, or even more to have it actually
released. You could work in live elements, you could do effects, the
creative control is only limited to what your computer can do.
And remember, this system works WITH your turntables - you can still bring
your records along and play them the same as you did before. You're not
being asked to abandon vinyl here... just to accept the possibility that
vinyl is not the end-all, be-all of mixed music.
Please don't waste my time arguing practicalities like "mp3s don't sound
as good" or "computers crash!" - and don't waste my time telling me vinyl
is superior becuase it's what "we've always used." So what? It's
romantic notions like that that'll hold the music back and let it
stagnate. Of course there's room to acknowledge the past, but there's
also plenty of room to move forward... the problem with accepting new
technology might be striking a balance between the two... but denying new
technology because it's not what we've always used is not the solution.
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