they said the same thing of drum machines when they first emerged and infiltrated pop music in a
serious way in the early eighties... "where's the talent? the drum machine does all the work..."
was a common comment overheard by many a bitter drummer... and despite their initial fears, drum
machines never put drummers out of work... automation just opened up the sound and groove palette
of music... music talent could now be measured in new ways: sound design and programming became
the criteria of the sublime - not the athleticism intrinsic to acoustic performative instruments.
ditto goes for reaktor and what not today... the same ratio of crappy to sublime music is still
in effect. always has been, always will. there's just more music now.
graham | intrepid traveller
"Albers, Brian" wrote:
quoted 12 lines How does the saying go?- "One man's garbage is another man's treasure">
> How does the saying go?- "One man's garbage is another man's treasure" or something like that?
>
> now on- live Richard Devine.
>
>
> I saw someone reference an idm artist's output as
> "another mechanical piece of noise". I was just
> talking with a friend about that. I'm sick of tunes
> that are just fucked up dsp/algorithmic masturbation.
> If that is all there is to the tune it's totally
> boring.
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