Re: [microsound] Live Composition

[a dontigny <a_dontigny@xxxxxxxxx>]

Like the "theory in music" thread some weeks ago, we
are still slammin' into open doors but, hey, where's
the fun in life if you can't argue on something...

--- alex@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> i disagree with the use of other programmer's
> software in performance or
> recording without at least appreciating their work. 
> many years of work
> went into the software that runs on our computers
> and our input can only
> make up a fraction of that.  the creative work of
> programmers is greatly
> under-rated.  the computer is not merely a tool - it
> is a human
> environment formed by human thought.

Fundamentally, the machines could be built by
thousands of monkeys in a basement and it wouldn't
change anything!
Would I also have to credit burroughs' calculator for
enabling further research on adding machines, thus
paving the way for the more complex ordinating devices
we use? Even if a particularly blessed artisan
produces an exceptionnal musical instrument (ok, ok,
it's the Stradivarius cliché again) he is still
producing a tool for someone else's talent. If a
gifted musician is helped in his performance by the
quality of the instruments he uses, of course part of
the credit will go to the responsible
artisans/programmers. But in the end, the musician can
play the same thing on a less superior device and
still produce equally interesting work.
My creativity is not limited to the systems I use; if
there's a blackout I'm still a musician, when I'm
walking home from work I can sing microsound (but you
wouldn't want to hear that).


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~ a dontigny

"le bruit est une ressource naturelle"
"noise is a natural resource"

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