[sdiy] shape of things that hum (uk)

[goddard.duncan at mtvne.com]

>>>I suppose the series is a bit hit and miss....still, beggars can't be
> choosers I suppose.<<<
> 
yeah, but...... series exec producer is jacques peretti, who- as "the guardian"'s club-guide editor, ought perhaps to know a *bit* more about the whys and wherefores of these instruments, surely? and if he doesn't, and can't fake it, why doesn't he hire a genuine faker like james hyman who could hire me (or the like) to do the research?

and why are these shows so short? given that they go out way out of "primetime", in the middle of the night?
pray god that they don't get around to the mellotron, or I'd have to get me a gun.

what we all would like, after all, is representation in the media of what we're trying to do, for music, with technology. 
let it not be misrepresented. 
why was the dx7 invented? what was the minimoog about? and the fairlight? the uptake, the sales, the fashionability of these devices is secondary- people like us sat down and devised them from scratch. where is that recognition?
"beggars can't be choosers"? this stuff has transformed modern music, and this is the thanks the inventors get?
grrrr........

d.



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