[microsound] Re: microsound Digest 19 Feb 2005 17:10:31 -0000 Issue 1356

[Galen Elfert <guelfert@xxxxxx>]

Before you get too carried away, do not forget that those "cheap" 
electronics are cheap largely because of the continued subjugation of 
the truly poor who comprise such a huge part of our manufacturing base 
today (and who do not own computers). We in the developed 
(overdeveloped?) world are all, with the exception of a few truly 
destitute, the elite, privileged, aristocratic few, and the opulence of 
our lifestyle rivals that of noblemen throughout history. The 
separation of rich and poor has not changed, it has merely been 
globalized. At least, that has been my growing impression lately.

Galen


> So if I can create music through the use of buttons and sliders,
> computers, cheap consumer electronics, and anything that is readily
> available and affordable to the working person, that's an incredible
> opportunity!  I'm a piano player but I don't own a piano, so the
> availability of cheap keyboard instruments is also an amazing asset.  I
> don't understand why some people want music to be an elite activity 
> only
> available to a privileged few. 
>