ciao > Gareth Loy with the title 'The Composer Seduced into Programming' > "It is important to note just what the > seducing agent in these cases really is. It is certainly not carpentry or > programming, or we would have ceased as artists and become tradesmen. It is > really the will of the composer, expressed through the discipline of the art > form itself which, in all cases, not just the ones under discussion here, > causes the artist to stray into these seemingly distant fields."
i find it beneficial to try and make explicit assumptions, in persuasive writing or music composing. what is the difference between artists and tradesmen? are either more valuable than the other? [try getting to work in a contrapuntal study] 'the will of the composer' that's a very evocative phrase what about zen composers? [john cage] what kind of will do they have? i am suspect of self importance. i think learning how to use something [a digital audio environment, pen and paper musical notation, ...] will enrich a person. it's all connected. a person has to make choices on how to spend their time. are they good choices or bad ones? it is not for me to say. i think spending time learning dsp or any tools is worthwhile. as i said above, i find it enriching. also, we are not machines. it is ok to have multiple interests [it means you are just more engaged in the world around you]. it is ok to fail. it is part of what makes us human [and not machine]. nonetheless, machines can be very helpful. -- \js :-P _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list