Re: [microsound] Lemur!

[Vasily Kuznetsov <vkuznetsov@xxxxxxxxx>]

it looks to me that you're would be more inclined to respect
the work of a person, who has spent his whole life mastering
the instrument, more than the work of a person who learned it
all in a week, even if it sounds the same. i'd probably agree
that such devotion does deserve some respect, but if the result
is no different, why should one prefer art that is produced
with more labour? of course you can awe the devotion of a person
who spent all his life mastering a particular instrument, but
doesn't talent of that who achieved the same result in a matter
of weeks deserve same respect? a good thing about technology is that
it makes difficult things simpler and if the art produced with
the help of technology pleases you no less with less effort
from the artist, i would say it's a good thing. finally, if
simplicity of the new tools allows more people to produce
interesting works of art, it just raises the bar in the
scene and drives the progress.

vasily



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Ponto [mailto:kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, 11 February 2005 11:53 AM
> To: microsound
> Subject: Re: [microsound] Lemur!
>
> I'd say that these limitations and deficiencies in traditional
> instrument design only add to the amazement that one could learn to
> utilize them as gracefully as some people do. I think the easier you
> make a process, the more you take away from the meaning. If someone has
> to spend their whole life in order to to master an instrument and does,
> that deserves much more respect than if you could do it in a week.
>
> I'm really enjoying this discussion.
>
> kp


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