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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Tony Visconti

From: Don Tillman <don@...>
Date: 2003-03-24

> From: Ken Leonard <ken@...>
> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:18:46 -0500
>

> ∗Our∗ opinions are driven by the gear itself and what we may or
> may not hear in the recorded tracks as being the difference
> between the real and sampled thing. So we will use the real
> deal, like someone using a beat-up B-3 instead of samples or
> whatever. And that's what works for ∗us∗, and that's fine.

It used to be that a Musical Instrument was a noise-making process
that the musician interacted with in an enjoyable and inspirational
way.

Today there's a cult that wants to replace all musical instruments
with computers playing samples, so there's absolutely no interaction
with the noise-making process.

That's surreal.

Am I the only one thinking "Stepford Wives" here?

-- Don

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Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California, USA
don@...
http://www.till.com