> From: Greg Reddin [mailto:gtreddin@xxxxxxxxx] > So it might not ever be palatable to the masses because it's too > innovative. It's the same reason why Creed will always sell more > tickets than Dream Theater, but I will always listen to DT more than > I will Creed. Creativity vs. following trends. Have I totally > missed the point? > > OTOH, the tools, like the music needs to be commercially viable, at > least for those who choose to make their living off of it. And I > think it could be and someday will be. It would be a shame for all > this cool innovation to only be accessible to programmers -- > especially since many of the developers are going out of their way to > make it accessible to non-programmers. Music hasn't always had to be formula to make it. The 'net's made major changes in the public's tastes in the past decade or so {at it was until it got "bought".} It's not that hard to imagine a future that enables non pop music. {I'm not sure that "commercial" requires "Pro-Tools" anyway.}
