I agree, I think what I and others have been said has maybe been misconstrued. I myself never said I was adverse to technology, I never said I was a traditionalist. Also we were discussing DJs, not live acts, though I agree this divide could be rendered even more fluid in the future. Someone mentioned Sutekh's live sets but that is something different - in fact I just chased up an interview on him the other week and I believe I was the only one to cover his Australian tour, so there you go. I'm on the pulse. :)
Like I said there is good AND bad technology, technology that aids creativity, technology that hampers it. Did you all not see my post about Maurice Fulton. He had a computer for a year and couldn't use it as he didn't know how to turn it on - this in 98. Finally his gf showed him. Now he has produced a whole album with just a powerbook and a keyboard. And he is a creative person, his music is out there. His studio set up fits on a window sill. He can take it on a plane! That is an example of technology aiding creativity, you can work without all that scary looking stuff around you, it probably frees the mind. Maybe I was wrong to jump in and assess the new Finalscratch without seeing it, hearing it, I can see that, sorry Tosh for that. But what Tosh described sounded awfully like a high tech jukebox like in those old diners and damn that is old skool, not future skool, but hey the discussions are great and Tosh should feel chuffed to have introduced a cool topic that brought out interesting responses from Dale Lawrence and others, rather than jump in and diss people he barely knows just because they are sceptical of some things. >I got to admit, Tosh has some very strong arguments here > >What are we talking about here? Is the digital jockey the >end of our music? Of course it isnt. No less than DJs >who still prefer vinyl and refuse using a laptop are >small-minded traditionalists. >What bothers me in all this ranting and raving about >progression and embracing new technology is the emptiness >of it all. Everyday we are slapped in the face with some >new and improved technology which we should use because we >would not wish to be hopelessly retarded now would we? >Sorry to break the news to all the technology freaks, but >this is absolute bollocks. Just take a minute to look back >in the past and see what was the last invention which has >really affected all of our lives, whether we wanted it or >not. Was it the mobile phone? Was it the internet? No it >wasnt. People not using the internet, or not using a >mobile phone are perfectly happy and do not miss a single >thing without which they could not live. The last >invention which really affected everybody and everything >was the car. It gave us the possibility to see more of the >world, it affected the environment (roads, pollution), it >affected the economy. It changed the face of the earth. >All the other new and revolutionary technologies are mere >trifles in our lives. > >What does this all have to do with our discussion? Well, >whether you use vinyl or final scratch, the progression >will always made by your mind, by the things you play, by >the feeling you can pass on to people listening. >Making things easier has absolutely nothing to do with >progress, its called laziness, and IMO its laziness >which brings things to a halt. > >I prefer to play with vinyls, and I dont care to tow >along truckloads of record bags, I feel good with it, and >if you think that makes me a narrow-minded, old-fashioned >conservative, you couldnt be more wrong.
