Lest we forget, how many absolutely sh1t records were put out in Chicago and Detroit in the late 80s/early 90s 'golden age' of techno and house?
We tend to forget the crap, and eventually it's all ground up and Archer uses it again. On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Michael Pujos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank Glazer a écrit : > > > > > "My main problem right now is the flood of crappy music generated by > > the fact the barrier of entry to make music is lower > > than in the hardware era. Random Joe makes a loop, add random sounds, > > and voila: instant track that goes knowhere that might find a label > > since it's so easy to release digitally. Listening sequentially to > > listings of beatport or juno is a painful experience" > > > > i hear this argument a lot and i think it's rubbish. i'm sure > > industry people were saying the same thing when chicagoans started > > belting out drum tracks on (then) cheap roland boxes in the early 80s, > > but that turned out pretty good, i'd say. > > > > think of it this way, you could just as easily go back in time and > > imagine similar things being said, like this: > > > > > > "the fact the barrier of entry to make music is lower than in the > > symphonic era/big band era/rock n roll quartet era/arena rock era". > > > > technology always changes and expands the possibilities for music, > > both good and bad. if you don't like the bad, don't support it. > > pretty simple equation. > > > > > The good news with the easy access to making music is that in all those new > producers a few outstanding ones will emerge. > So there's still hope for great music and advancing technolgy heh :) > >
