On 3/11/06, cdr <ix@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> > > And by "composers", of course, you mean "composers who are also
> > > computer programmers". None of the people I know in real life
> > > who compose music are going to be writing Csound, CM or
>
> > Just chiming in to say I agree. No composer I ever met is
> > interested in actually language-based programming to get sound. I
>
> just chiming in to say my favorite composers are those who actually use computers to do what prior devices cant, rather than just using them as glorified/more-convenient tape-loops/tape-decks or mixers. Icarus, Autechre, Dirty Danger (programming fruityloops is programming too).
>
> if theyre just using the computer to turn on and off Loops in LIVE and slather on McFX, or to get that pristine 32/192 sound which is so much more boring than a grimy old 4-track, forget it - give me some Sun Ra or something Rudy recorded in Hackensack...
>
I didn't say there weren't good ones out there.....I only said I've
never met one! ;-)
- Mark
Received on Sun Mar 12 00:15:13 2006
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