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Re: "Dragging Instruments Around"
"Do people who don't play an instrument give a damn about how difficult
something is to play or are they just getting off on the music?"
i'll use my mother as an example: she knows absolutely nothing about music
or musicianship. she really likes elton john. if she were brave, she
might
go to a concert of his. if he got up on stage and popped the card into the
digital piano, and just tossed in a few extra notes here and there, she
would probably not like it. now i don't know about difficutly having
anything to do with it, but i think even the most musically-retarded people
still go out for performances (whether it's country joe and the fish or joe
satriani), under which i do not consider laptopica to belong.
"I personally dislike a lot of jazz because it seems to be musical
masturbation or music as a sport - not as an art."
when jazz is done right, it's art. when it's done wrong, it's the worst.
however, legit jazz (and classical) both have a very high talent bar...sort
of a no-hacks allowed rule.
-jim
-jim