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The red pill ......, or the blue pill? Michael http://www.michaelclark.com At 04:08 PM 10/30/00 -0800, you wrote: >> >besides it's true--you can't make music with '70s synths and RDS-8000s--at >> >least that's my excuse ;) > > >Thanks for your input, guys. I hope you don't mind me opening up >this can of worms...My initial reaction to the magazine i was reading >was similar to my general reaction to society as a whole. It >definitely affects my viewpoint of life and making music as well. If >it seems a viable subject for discussion, i would like to hear your >input! > >It's not just the advertisements of newest and grooviest toys that >bother me. You can use '70's synths to make music...for sure (or >bang on pots and pans, for that matter). Alot of the new toys are >'modeled' and mimic instruments now deemed as 'classic'. It's this >RELENTLESS pushing of technology like it's some sort of savior that's >getting to me. I've GOT to get that new software update! Oh, gosh, >let's not just model classic amps, let's model classic mics, classic >effects, classic everything. You don't need 8-tracks, you need 48 or >more, as many as your computer can handle, only you need MORE drive >space now...MORE ram...MORE Mhz. EVERYONE CAN MAKE MUSIC! Turntable >sales are higher than guitar sales. Bet that will put a few music >teachers out of business. Music that you steal through technology is >valued more than inspiration. And i'm supposed to be thankful that i >have ANOTHER reason to stare at a CRT monitor, and be linked into >this WEB that's now pushing as much 'product' as 'information'. Do >you have more 'time' on your hands, now that you have all of these >time-saving goodies surrounding you? Do you really? > >I am sure i just jumbled up a whole mess full of ideas on that last >paragraph. My attitude is shaped by the fact that I am a resident of >southern california, where we are being constantly bombarded by >images and concepts of what you should look like, what kind of music >you should listen to or play, what car to drive, what house to have, >etc. ad nauseum. Where every fricking square inch of land and every >last natural resource is being marked off for sale and consumption. >So, apologies again for the rant, but thanks for letting me get it >off my chest (once again). I think it's important. Why are we >rushing forward at such a pace? Why do i walk into a record store or >a music store (or any 'store' for that matter) and become completely >overwhelmed and somewhat depressed? The sheer saturation makes the >air thick...Did you know that they are building a new Mars Music in >Santa Ana here in Orange County? Did you know that they JUST BUILT a >Mars Music 10 minutes up the road? A brand new store that they >chocked full of inexperienced, inept salespeople? Did you know that >there are two fully stocked Guitar Centers and a Sam Ash within a 20 >minute radius of the location of this proposed new store? How many >fucking Squire Stratocasters do we need to sell? > >Call me bitter and twisted, and some of you in more remote places may >think i'm in heaven. But I think it's frightening and assinine, and >it's not just music...it's everything. more stores, more cell >phones, more computers, more population, more movies, more sports, >more hyper-sports, more adrenaline, more SUV's, more, more, more. > >so, the question is: how do you reconcile being a technology junkie >that's having this nagging feeling in your gut that something is VERY >wrong? > >rich > >