On 08/06/2012 12:57 AM, Paul Davis wrote:
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> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 2:03 AM, david <gnome@email-addr-hidden
> <mailto:gnome@email-addr-hidden>> wrote:
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> To me, the negative result of widespread recorded music is to
> discourage others from making music and turn them into the good
> little consumers that today's music industry wants.
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> although its not really quite the same thing as having a population that
> generally sings and plays music as part of daily life, i would point out
> that there are more people recording more music and performing in front
> of others than at any other time in human history.
There are more people alive now than at any other time in human history.
> i'm not too thrilled
> about the aesthetics of most of what gets performed, but that doesn't
> change that fact that there are currently many more people who play a
> musical instrument as a hobby, part-time or full-time profession than
> before recording came along (a lot of which has to do with cheaper
> instruments, probably).
I suspect the percentage of people actively recording and performing
music is a lot lower. Back in Bach's time, everyone was expected to be
able to sing, for instance.
-- David gnome@email-addr-hidden authenticity, honesty, community http://clanjones.org/david/ http://dancing-treefrog.deviantart.com/ _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-userReceived on Tue Aug 7 00:15:02 2012
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