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Old 03-23-2010, 08:11 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam View Post
Nope.

A computer is as much a musical instrument as a ream of paper is a novel. I'd say it's a great tool for writing & recording music but I think what identifies something like a guitar as an instrument is its intentional purpose of producing musical sounds.

But interesting argument.
For the sake of argument, I would say that I'm being very intentional in my use of the computer, to create music. Just because it's not its only use doesn't diminish its capabilities to create sound.
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