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Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music
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Kieren MacMillan |
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Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music |
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Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:21:36 -0400 |
Hi James,
> and so we're back to Graham's point. Anyone can now make 'music' without
> having to spend years learning a 'real' instrument etc.
> It's not so much some 'musicians' can no longer play an instrument or read
> music but that some extra 'musicians' can now create music without having to
> play an instrument or read music etc.
> That is a good thing.
Certainly if we said a similar thing about 'medicine', we'd have to question
whether "that is a good thing". ;)
Admittedly, the creative arts are less "critical" than medicine in a "you might
die" kind of way… But as someone who cares deeply and passionately about the
continuing musical arts, I offer that "spending years learning a 'real'
instrument" -- that being just one example of commitment, but hardly the only
one -- is not too much to ask of you before you foist your "masterpiece" on the
world.
Note that I don't think the current "music education system" is the best way to
train musicians. In fact, I'm quite convinced of the opposite: beyond
encouraging/demanding the discipline required to technically master a
traditional instrument (the "conservatory" aspect), I think the current music
education system *actively hampers* creativity and true musicianship. And of
course many of the greatest musicians of our time (e.g., Louis Armstrong)
didn't go through The System -- one could even argue that *most* of the
greatest musicians of our time learned more outside of The System than inside
it. But they sure spent years learning a 'real' instrument.
The idea that you can create "meaningful" music without having to exert any
music-related effort -- such as learning an instrument, or learning to
read/write the symbols -- is yet another manifestation of our current "I want
something for nothing" culture, which lionizes "Jersey Shore" participants and
accepts (nay, embraces) Paris Hilton as an "actress".
Cheers,
Kieren.
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- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, David Kastrup, 2011/03/25
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Kieren MacMillan, 2011/03/25
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- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Kieren MacMillan, 2011/03/17
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- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Kieren MacMillan, 2011/03/17
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