what would make music "better"?
and whats the difference between shit made as a result of cheap computer
stuff and shit made as a result of cheap guitars (or any instrument)?
how does something "wreck" music?
curious,
chris.
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Intermodal wrote:
quoted 43 lines Hello,
> Hello,
>
> I have to agree with Kelly on this one. I think that modern music
> technology has wrecked music in a way. The continuing goal has been to
> make music cheaper and easier to create, but not necessarily to make it
> better. It could be said that cheap computers and music software has
> been responcible for unleashing an utter titlewave of shite music on the
> world.
>
> It has always been that medocrity has dominated the world, as we are by
> and large a medocre species. But now we have given people who do not
> want to put much effort into making music the ability to create and
> release music. I can appreciate the democratizing effect cheap equipment
> has had, but do we really need all this bang-wagon music that is being
> released now. Even the releases that are being lauded on this list are
> not always that great, and I doubt they will still be relevant in 5
> years when their idm snob novelty value has worn off.
>
> As of late, I am appreciating Jazz more and more. The harmonic
> structures are much more complex than most idm. The spacing and phrasing
> can be so far beyond your standard Cubase driven melodic idm track, it
> seems to be the direction to move in in the next few years. I never
> thought I would see the day where I would consider a book of music
> theory to be the single most important piece of musical equipment I own.
>
> Now that I have gone on this tangent, can I get some recommendations?
> Here is what I am looking for in a record: I want the phrasing and
> notation of Kind of Blue by Miles Davis meets the sounds from Las Vegas
> by Berger Ink. A record that goes beyond grabbing a jazz snippet and
> looping it, something with heavy programming.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike
>
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