first of all, the emphasis should be on the music, not on the insturments. the instruments are the "organon" you cannot make music with out the instruments but, it is only an instrument. many people claim that technology drives civilazation and humanity into progress, and can only help the human race. as i feel it in the long term technology isnot something u can check in terms of good or bad. we have a fact, people can make music with computers, i can still remeber doing an article for a professor which was about "electronic music" and if sample based music is real music. my conclusion was that its not the instruments that counts but rather what the artists is doing with them.same goes with digital music. its even more then that with this technology i can even start my own radio station (something i cannot do in the REAL radio since my country sucks big time). but there`s a price to pay as allways. and we keep paying it every day. AH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bulger, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Samuel Hobbs'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 7:47 PM Subject: RE: [313] anti-technology
> " the only thing that is happening is that more and > more people are able to create with this new > technology. many may ask how is this good? i ask how > can it be bad. > -sam" > > Music is not like your child's first crayon picture. Being enabled to > create by a piece of software is not equivalent to being able to create. > More people creating because they _can_, instead of because they feel the > need (read, inspired) to is more likely to increase the amount of > uninspired, lackluster music out there (those records you put back in the > bin and try to forget about). I hear the argument that this will help > people who didn't know they had the ability to create music to discover it, > but are the ends worth the means? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Samuel Hobbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 7:29 AM > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: [313] anti-technology > > > i have wondered recently about the fears of > technology. ever since the beginning of the use of > fire, people have sought to simplify their lives by > combining and simplifying processes. computers are > only the most recent example of this process. music > that was once only with the physical manipulation of > air is now possible with the tweaking of knobs and > buttons. entire symphonies can now be written on > computer and less and less organic, "real" music is > being made today. is this a problem... > i think that technological advances lead people > into a realm of unknown territory, where the rules are > altered. ultimately those who acclimate themselves to > these rules are those who succeed. > in this issue of technology and music, i think it > is necessary to agree that there is no loss here. no > one person is prevented from expressing themselves in > musical terms with this advent of new technology. now > one is prevented or chastized for using established > methods. in fact "old school" recording methods are > probably considered chic by most on this list. > the only thing that is happening is that more and > more people are able to create with this new > technology. many may ask how is this good? i ask how > can it be bad. > -sam > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
