Interesting quote from 1990 from Derrick May:
"The reason I haven't started using computer-based sequencers is that I'm
frightened of some of the concepts that go with them. Seriously. The
computer can show you everything you're doing on screen, which is
fascinating, but I think you lose a bit of insight. The fact that you can
do everything, see everything completely and microscopically, break
everything down...
"Personally I like to change things by playing them, rather than by saying
'OK, I can quantise that one note, I can change that one note until it
sounds fine'. It's like writing an exam paper; it's not art any more, it's
working with a computer, and a lot of the imagination has gone.
Everything's at your fingertips. Computer-based sequencers are going to
make the market more boring because it'll be easier for people to create
boring music. What comes easy has no substance, what comes with
determination and a bit of innovation usually survives.""
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