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08-09-2010, 06:29 PM | #3971 (permalink) | |
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08-09-2010, 06:31 PM | #3972 (permalink) |
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If you listen to some of aphex twin's faster music, you'll notice how complex it can be. imagine how long that took to make, and get all of the samples and manipulate them. It's not like he just presses a button and "Green calx" is played through the machine. no. he has to program everything so it'll come out just perfectly. and plus lots of electronic musicians play a lot more instruments than just drum machines. Aphex Twin plays the piano, Boards of Canada's members are multi-instrumentalists, and i bet Amon Tobin plays a lot more instruments than I do. I'm also saying that some metal elitists only like it when songs are "br00tal" and have faster guitar playing than whatever you listen to, sacrificing musical enjoyment for a song that's got better guitar playing than whatever you listen to. If I wanted to be impressed by somebody's guitar playing, than I'd go on youtube and look up "Wicked Guitar Playing".
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08-09-2010, 06:36 PM | #3973 (permalink) | |
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08-09-2010, 06:47 PM | #3974 (permalink) |
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Boy, this one opinion sure has opened up a can of worms, IMO simply based on unclear wording.
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08-09-2010, 06:47 PM | #3975 (permalink) |
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It's hard to do well. I can play drums and saxophone, and I've dabbled in guitar. Does that mean I can release a great album? No. Same deal with electronic music, and I'm not even a big fan of it.
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08-09-2010, 06:59 PM | #3976 (permalink) | |
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But I won't say they're lazy. They do put in the time and hard work.
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08-09-2010, 07:06 PM | #3978 (permalink) |
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Lets not make a contest out of it, every instrument requires a lot of skill. Aphex Twin isn't any less flashy in his skills than say Steve Vai as a guitarist, and there's nothing wrong with that. Being the best at something is nothing to be ashamed of, if you can used those skills to make great music.
It's not inherently bad to be flashy, flaunt it if you have it, as long as that flaunting contributes to the music in a positive way. Some music actually calls for a lot of complexity and expressive musicianshup. Classical, Jazz, Prog. "Just doing the job and staying out of the way" is fine but not all music has to be that way. Simplicity can be great but so can complexity. There's two sides to the musical coin. Last edited by boo boo; 08-09-2010 at 09:31 PM. |
08-09-2010, 09:15 PM | #3979 (permalink) |
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First of all, what's all this talk about talent and skills? Talent is a natural aptitude for something, but the skill is specifically what you know. Guitar playing and programming music are both skills, very different from each other, and imo, it's stupid to argue which of the two deserves more awe. Neither skill is more 'accomplished' than the other (whatever the hell that means?), it's entirely dependent on how competent X and Y person are at it.
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08-09-2010, 09:40 PM | #3980 (permalink) | |
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I don't mean to discredit musicians who prefer a simple, even primitive method. But I think highly accomplished musicians don't get the respect they deserve, a lot of very talented songwriters and composers seem to get a lot of flak just because they are very technically gifted musicians and they exhibit that in their music. Modern visual art nowadays isn't much different, people refuse to see the potential in actually being very skilled at something and instead see it as a liability. I'm not saying music should belong to an elite group of the most capable musicians. But I think shunning the idea of actually learning more techniques and how to improve as a musician is just as bad if not worse. |
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