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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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