Re: Technology in nu jazz (was RE: N'Sync * Craft vs. Art)

From: Rick Torres (sblrocks@pacbell.net)
Date: Mon Aug 06 2001 - 09:29:29 CEST

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    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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