RE: [microsound] ovalprocess - Average laptop geek?

[Jozif Goodwin <jozif.goodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fair point!!! 

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From: aleks vasic [mailto:bvasic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 24 May 2005 16:46
To: microsound
Subject: Re: [microsound] ovalprocess - Average laptop geek?


On May 23, 2005, at 3:05 PM, tm wrote:

> """"as for the "Average laptop geek? " ...sure you will agree that, 
> like there are one too many records made with drummachines and a 
> tb-303, there are too many records made with laptop?"""""
>
>
> No i absolutley dont agree.  The same can be said about traditional 
> instruments.  Too much music is being made with them.  Its all so 
> passe.  How old is the piano?  Violin?  Guitar?  And people are still 
> arranging music with them?  How vain!



>
> """"- the point here is that like the example wih some synched up 
> drummachines and synths, its very easy to create something that sounds 
> ok/cool - same with computers, but very few explores beyond the 
> interface presets resulting in assembly line musics....
>  beginning to sound like Popp himself here..better stop:) but I mean 
> what im saying."""""
>
> Its easy to do so with any musical medium wether it be traditional or 
> not.  Again its up to the artist to "create" a work that can captivate 
> an audience, or garner appreciation.  I dont see the difference 
> between all the crap on main stream radio and the crap in IDM and 
> Micro sound.  Just because computer related gernres have become more 
> popular  then in the past and is expereinceing what traditional 
> musical genres have  since its inception, does not make it less valid 
> of a musical genre.  If anything it more so vaildates it because it is 
> following in the same footsteps as every other genre that came before 
> it.


> Underground = cool/artsy/hip/smart.  Popular = not cool/not 
> artsy/sellout.

> Regardless of how convoluted "any" gerne gets you can still find great 
> music being made by alot of people.  I think its one of the 
> funnest/most rewarding aspects of being into music, finding 
> music/works that touch you for what ever reason, material that you 
> feel passionate about.


aLEKs
>


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