21-10-2014, 04:43
"Authentic" is a real slippery term. We want studio doings to be perfect because they will stand in isolatio forever; at the same time, such as AutoTune introduce a totally fake element because they can hardly be reproduced live without some exposure as fake/irreproducible (see the humiliation suffered by singers lip-synching at concerts). It's easy if the whole schmear was made synthethically to begin with--but then I wouldn't touch that music with a 10-foot barge-pole. I am not anti-techno, just about using it in a context where there's some emotional feeling overall, not just some chilly rendition that could be done on a karaoke machine--show me some sweat and tears, a minor mistake, some extra slithered slid on the fingered strings, something human. We humans are easy to please but give us something, anything to connect with, i.e. an unintended bent note once in awhile.
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR