Re: Ditching the computer...

["Krispen Hartung" <khartung@q.com>]

That is a good point, Luis, and is one of the many reasons for my 
decision. 
Over the years I have now seen hundreds of musicians making music with the 
computer, and I can confidently say that 95% of them spent most of their 
time staring at the computer and pushing buttons.  It started to feel very 
inhuman and impersonal to me after a while especially when being on the 
performance side.  Not only did I feel detached from the audience, but 
detached from who I was playing with. Music performance has always seemed 
like a very "human" and social thing for in the past. The computer seems 
to 
have changed that, and not just with music.  It's like now, rather than 
people picking up the phone and talking to someone, or dropping by their 
house for coffee, they send then an IM.  Technology, in some respects, is 
detaching us from each other, but bringing us closer in other respects. 
It's sort of ironic.   There is something to be said of playing an 
instrument with others, and being able to confront them, look them in the 
eyes, engage them, etc.  It creates a spark of social interaction.  Anway, 
I 
am only speaking for myself, but for now I just want to hug my big archop 
guitar and play music with others without computer screen and MIDI 
controllers getting in the way.

Kris


----- Original Message ----- 



yeah Chris right on man, we met briefly in the loop festivals but i 
remeber 
talking to you and we both agreed right away that interaction in the 
looping 
festivals or any jamming involved with so much talent around was 
missing,the 
hightlight for me of the last festival in Santa Cruz besides meeting so 
many 
wonderful people was jamming together with kevin,im also coming back to my 
roots of songwriting, trying to sing better and playing better guitar 
though 
the looping journey has been quite an experience.
cheers
Luis