[LAU] off topic (was: Re: ableton live in vmware)

[Dave Phillips]

cunnilinux himself wrote:
> in fact, there is no more real need to learn anything.
>   

Ah, at last, an honest post.

You are correct. No further need for musicianship or even any real 
technical knowledge of studio arts and practices. Just switch to 
Windows, buy mucho VSTs, press the big "Proceed" button, and away we go. 
No more need to concern ourselves with context or relevance, we can at 
last wallow in an orgy of self-congratulatory pop.

No fear, I'm pretty sure you were being facetious. Nevertheless I'm 
prompted to re-post links to these most valuable tools:

    http://www.theinternetnowinhandybookform.com/schmapple/dreamonpro.html

    http://www.rane.com/pi14.html

Quite frankly, if you don't have one of these babies it's indisputably 
conclusive that you can't possibly create decent or even listenable 
music. Of course no Linux drivers are available, but anyone using Linux 
for music is by definition an uncreative loser and utterly unlikely to 
do anything remotely artistic. Artistry is dependent upon plugins, and 
plugins means VST.

EOF.

;)

Best,

dp


PS: My musical philosophy is inspired in part by the great 
harpsichordist Wanda Landowska. Two comments of hers are daily 
watchwords to my musical thoughts:

"There is no such thing as an easy piece of music."

"Music is not a progressive art."