One musician's thoughts,
Juan Araya
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> From: Anders Hamre[SMTP:anders.hamre@hfstud.uio.no]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 1998 7:59 AM
> To: Michael Aregood
> Cc: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: RE: Jungle on this list
>
>
> Just to clear things up a bit: what I mean by intellectual
> content is the thought or idea that has manifested itself
> musically through the process of composition.
>
> I've "dabbled" in electronica myself and gotten pretty
> tired of it. Sure, pushing buttons can accomplish fast
> results. With the invention of MC-303, etc. anyone (and
> I mean ANYONE) who can count 4/4ths can create cool
> tracks and play around with technological sound. What
> I couldn't get from my dabbling was the feeling of
> actually creating something worthwhile. Being creative
> and communicating a message, a feeling, an impression
> is important to me as a human being and songwriter.
> But it wasn't a human creating the music - it was a
> lifeless, cold, metallic box. Even with techniques
> like Physical Modelling, we've come nowhere near
> recreating the sound of a muted trumpet solo, the
> detailed resonnance of an old jazz guitar.
>
> Don't get me wrong guys&gals; technological music was evolved
> immensely, but why does it always cater to its own audience?
> What is lacking that is holding it off the charts? Bands
> like Jamiroquai or BNH are commercially oriented, sure,
> but they haven't let techology take over - and I think
> that is part of their general appeal.
>
> People like to be able to identify with what they hear or see.
> That's easier when the music allows room for reflection and
> afterthought, when you can feel that it has organic, human -
> intellectual - content, not when it's just organized sound
> created by a machine.
>
> -Anders
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> On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Michael Aregood wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure but I think it means that the people who play
> traditional
> > instruments have all gone to ivy league schools and are therefore
> much
> > smarter than their less fortunate counterparts who dabble in
> > electronica... =)
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