Re: computers suck creative energy

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

Don't blame just computers! Anything with a bad user interface sucks  
creative energy! I have many times experienced this with music  
instruments (guitars, saxophones, flutes) that were simply not good.  
Unfortunately I wasn't very good and experienced at playing by that  
time so it took me years to realize that the low creativity was  
caused by using a bad instrument (a Catch 22 situation where you  
learn in a slow and hard way). But, today I can walk into any music  
store and pick the best instruments within minutes just by playing a  
couple of notes and listening to them. Not to mention my EDP when I  
first unpacked it and looked into the LOOp 3 manual - it was like  
staring at hieroglyphs from outer space - total creativity ground  
zero hit ;-))  Same when I exchanged my four-track cassette porta- 
studio for an eight-track 1/4 reel-to-reel tape recorder - immediate  
loss of creative flow.

What is specific with computers is that they are extremely  
customizable tools. This is not true for instruments. Instruments  
work and you play them. Then you get better at playing them. Making  
music becomes easier with each day. You just can't compare  
"computers" with playing real instruments. The only fair comparison  
would be to look to "a working software looping setup on a properly  
configured computer".

I would fully agree that "setting up a computer suck creative  
energy"! But using it, when finally set up, that's just amazingly  
creative IMHO. Never the less I'm finding the subject line  
amusing ;-)) Great thread.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se (Swedish)
www.looproom.com (international)
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