Re: [LAU] OT: talent and craftsmanship [was: Re: OT: Dub Fx]

From: Paul Davis <paul@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Fri Feb 12 2010 - 21:17:35 EET

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:47 PM, <fons@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> Over lunch I mentioned to him that few users of software
> or electronic instruments have the amount of control over
> their tools that he clearly has over his violins.
> His reply was very short and dry: they don't take the
> time to learn it.

I believe that he is wrong, and I'll just play the Eno card: "a good
instrument has qualities that the body can learn and the mind cannot"

electronic/computer/electro-acoustic/software instruments/controllers:
a total failure by this metric, except for one:

http://createdigitalmusic.com/index.php?s=intimate+control+randall+jones

--p
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