> True, but I think you are mistaken.......What about > digital artists that use the keyboard and mouse on > their computer to tap into their minds and create > imagery that before could never be realized. Are > they not artists?....."How can this > be art? The machine does all the work." --repeating > the very same criticisms that were used to slag > their own medium when it was first introduced. > Hypocrisy... What about electronic producers > overseeing an ensemble of gear full of 'buttons' > with a 'computer program' in the center of it all? > 99% of the music discussed on this list was created > using these technologies. It is just another tool, > making part of the process easier, so the artist > can expand their vision even further than before. > Just like all of them, there will be a lot of shiza > artists (DJs) barely making a tangible piece of work > (set) out of their gear, but a tasteful audience can > discern a good artist from just a craftsman. \ > Of course, there are some that would argue that the > DJ is nothing but a relay between the producers--the > people that actually wrote all of the music the DJs > play--and the audience... while the turntable is doing > all the work! Can you say 'live set'?
Nicely put. It is a matter of degrees. I don't think I am hypocritical as I am arguing within the genre as it were but I do see a lot of programmed music out there and it would be a shame for that to extend to DJing. I guess for any of us to truly understand the finalscratch we would need a demo of it but from what I have read it sounds like it's cutting corners technology rather than technology that opens up new creative opportunities. No one who knows me would say I am some traditionalist at all but if you got swamped with the numbers of crap join the dot trance recs I do every week you would be fearful too. But in the end the hard reality is that the market will decide. Certainly if Richie and John are in favour of such new technologies then that is a good endorsement as I believe they have integrity but I am still not sold. Maurice Fulton creates all his music on just a powerbook and a keyboard which is incredible, very simple set-up, and his music is great, so I am not slagging off simpler set-ups. He can take it on a plane and work on tracks! That is cool, right?
