this is a very good argument that i've actually used when arguing the
validity of electronic music to my "punk rock" friends.....
something to the effect of them saying," yeah...they're just twiddling
knobs and pushing buttons, they're not playing real instruments"
and me replying, "why focus so much on how the music is made, but how it
sounds and how it makes you feel"
i guess this is an old and played argument......but it's true.......ppl do
the same thing w/ dj's
ie......"wow that mix was flawless"......oh really, you can
tell....shouldn't you be dancing out of your gourd or something instead of
being persinickety on whether the dj dropped the needle at the right time
(i've been guilty of this myself tho ;) )
well my 2 cents for ya........
aaron................
quoted 14 lines I try to take the same stance as you. Why treat the listening
> I try to take the same stance as you. Why treat the listening
>experience as a puzzle that must be figured out? I work with computers
>all day and the last thing I want to do while enjoying music is listen to
>each sound and think "ahh, that sound was created by flanging a backwards
>snare drum" or "those sounds are coming from brand X synth". Why not lose
>yourself in the music instead of trying to dissect it on a technical
>level? I know it must be hard for those surrounded with studio gear all
>the time (not me) to detach themselves from the process of creating the
>piece, but try -- it opens up so many other levels of the music to enjoy!
>
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> "Be happy or die" - The Art of Noise
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