Is a Computer an Instrument?

SATCHMO · 11-08-2010, 01:28 PM

You know, anything, from a tuba to a kazoo, is just a tool to get something from your brain converted into something that manipulates the air around you. You can beat someone over the head repeatedly with a 67' Les Paul; Does that make it a weapon? Yes, Yes, it does.

But people make much to much of a fuss over this topic, just because at the end of the day it's pretty unlikely that you're gonna' have calluses on the tips of your fingers from creating a musical composition on your computer. The real question is, Are you being true to your own vision, or are you just ****in' around with some beats? No matter what the answer is, you're still making music, and the computer which has facilitated the process, is the instrument with which you've accomplished that feat.

11-08-2010, 01:28 PM	#11 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,847	You know, anything, from a tuba to a kazoo, is just a tool to get something from your brain converted into something that manipulates the air around you. You can beat someone over the head repeatedly with a 67' Les Paul; Does that make it a weapon? Yes, Yes, it does. But people make much to much of a fuss over this topic, just because at the end of the day it's pretty unlikely that you're gonna' have calluses on the tips of your fingers from creating a musical composition on your computer. The real question is, Are you being true to your own vision, or are you just **in' around with some beats? No matter what the answer is, you're still making music, and the computer which has facilitated the process, is the instrument with which you've accomplished that feat.