> A. Will ever-elevating recording technology equally elevate imagination or > have the opposite effect...or both?? time is the ultimate deciding factor...i'm sure when groups like tangerine dream started using these machines it sounded like degeneration, but then again you have a resurgence of this ambient style in the early 90's which sounds like a degeneration from what they produced...what we see so far is that the production values have increased, but the content lacks originality...it takes a long time to develop your talent at making your music sound like it does in your head...and it's going to get harder because it takes a great deal more knowledge to know what your'e dealing with inside all this new technology...at some point though...a wunderkind will emerge...then everyone will imitate that for a while...
> B. If both....how then does one gage or distinguish true musicianship and > talent from creativity/imagination/uniqueness in composition?? it's rare that you have all of these qualities rolled up into one...i mean no one like jimi has come around in a long time...prince is a good guitar player, but he's no hendrix...but some of his early compositions are very unique though...anyway, i just hope that people are still looking for any of these qualities over time as opposed to how it looks like it's going....that is image and sales is all that matters.... until the machine starts operating on it's own the man is still the most important...i think the lack of creativity is a product of our society...we're over saturated...we've burned our selves out... simply b ----- Original Message ----- From: "laura gavoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [313] technology vs. art > In the very same mindset.... > > -Jimi Hendrix re-wired and re-thought how to record his music so he could > get his guitar to sound like the music that was in his head. > > -Similarly the Detroit boyz took traditional gear and re-wired/re-thought it > to develop the early tech soundz that kick-started (more or less) a musical > revolution. > > Let's pose this as a question cuz I'm interested in peeps thoughts: > > A. Will ever-elevating recording technology equally elevate imagination or > have the opposite effect...or both?? > > B. If both....how then does one gage or distinguish true musicianship and > talent from creativity/imagination/uniqueness in composition?? > > I know this is a chicken / egg paradoxical type question, but as an older > soul I'm finding less imagination in the place of technological > brilliance....who really counts more nowadays THE MAN or THE > MACHINE???????????? > > I imagine that facile people will always make relatively facile music and > conversely us weirdo complicated folks will forever push the envelope to > express human ponderings and intricacies in ways that have heretofore never > been expressed......... > > What do you all tink??? > > > >From: "Rusty Blasco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: 313@hyperreal.org > >Subject: [313] technology vs. art > >Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 08:32:36 -0500 > > > >Regarding technology (no matter the level of intricacy), here's what my > >trumpet professor told me about musicianship. After listening to me labor > >painfully through a difficult passage in a piece of music, he would stop me > >(probably for the sake of his sensitive ears) and make me aware of the > >trumpet. While holding it up, turning it, and knocking on the bell, the > >man > >explained to me that the trumpet is merely a thing of brass, incapable of > >producing music without assistance (in this case, the air of a human's > >pursed and buzzing lips). The music is in your head, he stated, pointing > >to > >his noggin. If you can't hear it, and performed flawlessly, in your own > >mind, than you can't expect it to come out of the instrument. > > > >Maybe this will offer some much needed elucidation. > > > > Rusty > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
