Eigenharp Pico - anyone??

[Peter Korsten]

Op 10-3-2010 8:30, Andrew Tarpinian schreef:

> On Mar 9, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Peter Korsten wrote:
>
>> That may well be, but would those new interfaces allow us to make
>> better
>> music? How is 'better' defined in the first place?
>
> well I think the more we can express ourselves through an instrument
> the better the end result is. music to me is about conveying an
> emotion. the human voice is the most expressive instrument (partly
> because we all have one and can relate to it) and we are not really
> close to replicating it's dynamics in the electronic domain.

Music is more about communication, and that takes two parties. You need 
to be able to express, and the other party needs to be able to 
understand. So better music may not just be about being able to express 
yourself better.

It's a bit like language. Men, on average, have a larger vocabulary than 
women, to be able to express very clearly a certain concept. Yet, women 
are in general the better communicators.

Would it be fair to say that women perhaps use the smaller vocabulary 
more effectively? Would it be fair to draw a parallel with music, and 
that being able to more clearly defined make a certain sound does not 
necessarily make the music better? Could it be argued that more 
effective usage of what we have now could lead to better music?

It's all very philosophical, but sometimes I get the feeling that these 
new interfaces have become a goal, rather than a means to an end.

- Peter