Pollyanna
Platinum Member
With Herbie especially I look at it more like the difference between an elaborate drawing and a simplified drawing (or even this) by Picasso. His identity (and genius) comes through regardless of the amount of detail he gives you, or of the crudity of the instrument.
I like those examples. Now it seems we're getting more of this.
mediocrefunkybeat said:It is not the tool that the player/composer uses, it is much more the character that shows regardless of instrument.
I have no issue with e-music other than it doesn't suit my tastes as much as analogue does, which doesn't matter. Just that the trends are clear and I'm curious to see how far it goes - if it will go all the way or if people will start demanding more humanity in their music ... and if that happens, whether it would be a brief reactionary thing or a true swing.
When it comes to something to beef about, the level of control of bean counters over music scene since the 80s bugs me. The trend towards e-instruments is the natural order of things but the soulless cynicism of the industry is a distortion analogous to the political influence of Murdoch's spin masquerading as news or Krispy Kreme Donuts being presented as food while having more attributes akin to drugs and poisons.
While we have cycles, what bothers me is that the parasitic industry is shaping people's musical palettes so they won't be able to sense subtlety or nuance in music, which means they will continue to be be consumers of featureless pap that's cheap for music factories to create.