I pretty well agree with Dale's sentiments on this, and was disappointed at all the geriatric nostalgia on the list. There is no doubt in my mind that dance music will move on from vinyl and turntables, though to what I'm not sure. Safety Scissors and Sutekh gave a hint over the weekend. Both played sets from their Power Books, using, I understand, a program Sutekh helped write called Max MSP. I don't know anything about the program, but what came out of the speakers seemed really close in flow and spontaneity to a dj set. Can anyone shed any light on the program? How does it differ to a program like ProTools? Whatever, the point a few people have made and one I agree with is that the sound that comes out of the speakers is more important than how it is fed in. And Safety Scissors and Sutekh had awesome sounds spilling out.
Cheers sens --- Dale Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is the master photographer who releases the shutter on his/her camera to take a picture not an artist? Painters of the day argued they weren't, but the world has since thought different. 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? Strangely, early on it was the photographers who said they weren't-- "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. Can we not tell the difference between a vacation snapshot, and the work of Robert Mapplethorpe? It will be the same with DJing. Developing a tool to make production easier means that the standards of quality for that medium have to be raised as well, and don't expect to hear the same DJ sets you've always heard. Expect more. Every tool or technology has its own individual quirks that, over time, the users get creative with, and give a whole new credibility to that same technology. When digital imagery first came out it was all pixelated and choppy looking. (Ewwww...) Everyone tried hard and fast to advance resolutions and quality to make the imagery look as 'real' as possible, and they achieved it-- but it's funny that now everyone is hungry for the old low-res graphics, and half the typefaces you see on Mtv lately are pixelated--qualities unique to that medium alone that have grown to be accepted. It's just evolution. New tools are developed, and new skills evolve to master those tools. Slowly they are assimilated... > >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'? > > very big ;) > > Dale > _____________________________________________________________________________ http://cars.yahoo.com.au/ - Yahoo! Cars - Buy, sell or finance a car..
