[sdiy] OT: Why you guys dont talk about Jarre?

[Glen]

At 11:48 PM 6/4/2005 , Heitor Alves wrote:
>
>Ok... i should have figure it out... this is not AH... the guy didnt
>build any synths... but c'mon... do you only listen to music from
>people that made theyr own instrument? it's my first and last post
>(OT) about musicians...
>
>sorry for the inconvinience.
>
>heitor

Hello Heitor,

I was just kidding with you. I hope you weren't offended.  ;)

The truth is, we don't talk about him primarily because he didn't design or
build synths. However, if you wanted to post a brief message about him, not
many people would mind at all--especially if it generates an informative or
educational thread, instead of an argument over personal taste.

For example, there were a few posts recently about which Tomita record
would make a good introduction to Tomita. Although that was technically
off-topic, most people didn't seem to mind a _few_ posts about the famous
synth player. I think the main reasons people didn't mind were: the
discussion was kept informative, and it didn't turn into an argument. It
also didn't run too long. (That's important for off-topic threads to be
accepted.)

So if you had posted that you had been listening to a particular album by
Jarre, and explained why you found it to be inspirational, practically no
one would have cared that the post was off-topic--as long as the thread it
generated didn't run too long, or turn into a big argument.

Of course, if you are building a synth that is well-suited to creating the
sorts of sounds that Jarre would have used, by all means let us know more
about it.  ;)


take care,
McLilith