Re: hiding behind technology (was: what a loop has to say)

[Jeff Kaiser <loopersdelight@pfmentum.com>]

On Mar 17, 2006, at 12:28 PM, Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill 
wrote:

> ok, here's another kind of position in this debate:
>
> The instrument I play is "effects". I sometimes hide these effects 
> behind
> playing on something non-effect, like a guitar or keyboard.
>


That is good! Made me smile.
Thank you!

I hate the term "effects" in this kind of conversation...it sounds too 
much like something that is applied to the music, instead being the 
music. The same reason I don't like the word "technology." There is too 
much of a dichotomy being created between instruments and "effects." 
They are all instruments. My Max/MSP patch is a software instrument, my 
horn is a wind instrument. But then again, if we get rid of that 
dichotomy, much of this conversation is done...

best,

Jeff

Jeff Kaiser
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