Well said Kent!
Last couple of years i saw so many of there debates, debates whether
or not techno with only a laptop is bad techno, analogue synthesis is
the way. The thing is that when this whole thing started i had to do
exactly the same discussion but then the thing we had to fight about
was when 'traditional musicians' claimed electronic was not real.
I recently had a similar debate with a DJ who claimed that people dj-
ing with Live or with that M-Audio Torq system ain't real DJ's.
In the end it turns out that most of these discussions are all based
on fear or a form of jealousy. I have a studio with a bunch of old
analogue synths and i see people playing out with only a laptop, and
that laptop is there whole studio to. When is started making
electronic music i had to save up a lot of money to get something
simple started, these young kids can do the same with a lot less money.
All these discussions are based on feelings described above, in most
cases they have no musical content and if there is one it is mainly
that for example the old rock people simply did not like the sound of
a TB-303.
On 7 apr 2008, at 15:36, kent williams wrote:
This seems to come up a lot -- people complaining about laptop
performers, software-based production, etc. This is where the dub vs
mnml thread seemed to be going.
I don't want to start another debate, or another repetition of the
same people launching the same mortars over the wall at each other,
but I want to say this (perhaps again): 1. Judge the results, not the
technique. 2. The theoretical 'futurism' of techno would almost demand
embracing of new technology. 3. You can make crappy dance music with a
909, 808, 303, SH101 and a MPC60 too. You're just out $10k more on
hardware than you would be with your laptop and cracked copy of fruity
loops. 4. Why give people points for making virtue of a necessity, if
the results don't measure up?
