That is actually a paradox with this stuff... sure it becomes "easy" to compose but.....
It becomes a lot harder to do something "distinctive"..... I wouldn't fault the tools to make music in this case. It seems to me that it's more incumbent on the musician/producer to work what they have into something that is uniquely their own... this begs the question, can machines be funky? without going into long discourse about it, I believe they can be... but that's another topic.. humbly offered as well Jim J. ----- Original Message ----- From: "laura gavoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [313] Eno on his soapbox > I'd say I'd have to humbly agree wif Mr. Eno....there's a lil' sumpin about > soul that seems to be better pronounced with a little more effort. > > I'm feelin' him cuz I believe that with the ease of nouveau technology > things become...well.. a little more facile shall we say? > > > humbly offered.... > > >From: Gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: 313@hyperreal.org > >Subject: [313] Eno on his soapbox > >Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 12:26:27 -0500 > > > >- with all the recent hullabaloo about Finalscratch... > > > >Thought i'd throw this into the pot. > > > >Article spotted on another mailing list, i thought some of you might be > >interested in. > > > >G > > > >Matt Tudor wrote: > > > > > > Interesting read: > > > > > > New Eno Music Gets 'Generative' > > > > > > Brian Eno, the electronic and ambient music pioneer, thinks today's > > > computer-crafted tunes are lame. > > > > > > With software like Acid, Logic, Cubase and ProTools, musicians now have > > > > > > on the desktop a seemingly limitless ability to cut up, affect, loop > > > and rearrange sounds. Altering the tempo, pitch and feel of a beat has > > > become almost as easy as changing the font in this sentence. But that's > > > > > > not necessarily a good thing, Eno said. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
