4 Nov
2010
4 Nov
'10
4:13 p.m.
On Thursday 04 November 2010 10:43:12 you wrote:
Indeed.
And yet I think we often have a fear of this and think it might give someone a
mastery over the other side. It is as if e fear excellent voice recognition
software will let anyone write the next great novel. Probably mostly when we
are not thinking clearly but the fear seems to find expression often enough.
Hi Drew,
On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 10:12:57 -0400
drew Roberts <zotz(a)100jamz.com> wrote:
I don't agree with this but let's remove even that and give them a personal
recorder and a secretary to transcribe what they have written. So, the pencil
mastery is no longer needed.
On Wednesday 03 November 2010 19:28:29 Leigh Dyer
wrote:
I see that analogy as very fitting but the conclusion as simply wrong. A
novelist or poet does, indeed, spend years (a lifetime even) gaining a
mastery of not only the "pencil", I don't think there's any point worrying
about music production
getting "too easy" or "too accessible" -- the ship probably sailed
on that when Tascam released the Portastudio, or when Dave Smith
and friends created MIDI. People have been making trite music with
the best equipment money can by for years, and others have been
making interesting music with toys and junk for just as long. If
this helps people express musical ideas that they'd been unable to
express beforehand, then that's fantastic.
To me, one of the problems comes down to the split between musical
appreciation and creation and the technical abilities needed to
perform what is imagined / conceived.
Imagine if a novelist or poet had to practice for years to gain
mastery over the pencil or keyboard in the same way a musician has to
practice to gain mastery over their instrument. but also the words and sentence
structure.
But this is more parallel to the music side of things and not the mastery of
the instrument side of things surely?
My 8-year old daughter will attest to the difficulty
involved and the years it takes to master moving her writing instrument
to produce the correct glyph--not to mention putting all those glyphs
together to form words, sentences and ultimately a coherent story that
expresses her intent.
Well, my son had enough facility with the crayon to make letters from a very
early age.
And again, isn't the rest more on the music side of things as I mention above?
Tech that makes it easier to produce what is
conceived are no more
dangerous to good music than is to move to a pencil from a stone
chisel and hammer.
This is agree with wholeheartedly.
David
all the best,
drew