I Couldn't agree with you more, The computer is just one more instrument
that can be played; like the keyboards, or a guitar. The music that can be
made with a computer would not sound very "musical" without the years of
effort and musical training that a good digital audio producer has put in.
Rick Torres,
Supreme Beings of Leisure
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>From: "Law, Alistair (DEM, North Ryde)" <Alistair.Law@dem.csiro.au>
>To: 'Elson Trinidad' <elson@westworld.com>, "Acid-Jazz (E-mail)"
<acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>Subject: Technology in nu jazz (was RE: N'Sync * Craft vs. Art)
>Date: Sun, Aug 5, 2001, 6:43 PM
>
> Elson,
>
> ->>->>a lot of the nu-jazz stuff is
> ->>->> technology driven.
>
> ->I've worked with both computers and live musicians alike. You
> ->can make
> ->beautiful music with other people on their live instruments, but the
> ->downside is logistically it's a big pain in the ass. Having
> ->one or two
> ->people churning out the music from a desktop isn't as humanly
> ->interactive
> ->as working with a whole band of musicians, but the bullshit
> ->factor (in
> ->terms of logistics, scheduling and attitudes) is
> ->significantly reduced.
>
> Couldn't agree more. I have had these same experiences. When you find
> musicians of like mind you'll go out of your way to work with them though.
> As the technology gets better and cheaper I feel we are getting to the point
> where just about anybody can put together a track that sounds reasonable (no
> pun intended) - however it may sound exactly like everyone else's track. I
> feel that what will set the good stuff apart (at least to the discerning
> listener) *is* the human element - good vocals, good instrumentalists,
> innovative programming, song writing ability etc that stuff is still hard to
> fake. (I think).
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Al.
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