30-05-2010, 12:43
Exactly.
It's how music sounds and how it affects you that matters, not the technical skill involved in creating it.
This is why it doesn't really matter if computerised music takes no talent (which is wrong in anycase, making good music on computers is not easy, though I might agree that making good music on instruments is harder on average) - because what counts is the creative talent that goes into composing a piece of music that affects the listener in a powerful way.
I'd rather listen to a few simple chords of a punk or goth song that go straight for the jugular and affect me in a powerful way than a guitar player who can play lots of intricate clever notes but bores me to death.
This same logic allows me to appreciate electronic music. If I get excited or otherwise pleasantly stimulated by the way the music sounds then I don't care how it was created because I can appreciate the compositional skill that went into conceiving it.
I do get bored of formulaic house, trance, gabba etc though. I prefer inventive electronic music that is either darkly thrilling or quirkily experimental.
It's how music sounds and how it affects you that matters, not the technical skill involved in creating it.
This is why it doesn't really matter if computerised music takes no talent (which is wrong in anycase, making good music on computers is not easy, though I might agree that making good music on instruments is harder on average) - because what counts is the creative talent that goes into composing a piece of music that affects the listener in a powerful way.
I'd rather listen to a few simple chords of a punk or goth song that go straight for the jugular and affect me in a powerful way than a guitar player who can play lots of intricate clever notes but bores me to death.
This same logic allows me to appreciate electronic music. If I get excited or otherwise pleasantly stimulated by the way the music sounds then I don't care how it was created because I can appreciate the compositional skill that went into conceiving it.
I do get bored of formulaic house, trance, gabba etc though. I prefer inventive electronic music that is either darkly thrilling or quirkily experimental.