more music made with webcam ..

[Peter Korsten]

James R. Coplin schreef:

> I'm still in the boat with Tony that what is needed is not more interfaces,
> it's more musicianship.  It's easy to get a new wizbang, edgy interface.
> It's much more difficult to actually sit down and spend the time with your
> instrument and learn to play it.  Until people are willing to spend the
> time, it's just a bunch of wank.  You can talk about the democratization
> that digital has brought with the laptop, small studio etc.  All of these
> are great.  However, it also means that many more people wanking and making
> crap.  If you have an instrument you actually have to play, you either
> wrestle with it give up.  Most of this other stuff and the tech means you
> don't have to commit and make a choice.  You can wank and pat yourself on
> the back.  Oh look at the pretty I made... Rubbish.

Yes, agreed, but Martin and Jay have a point as well: who says that the 
keyboard is the best possible interface to a synthesiser?

Mind that these two arguments are not mutually-exclusive. You can have a 
different interface, but you still need musicianship to bring it to life.

- Peter