Quoting Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:11 PM, nescivi<nescivi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > so much contemporary music is all based entirely > "in the head" because you simply don't need a body to play it - in > some cases, a body *cannot* play it! its not the virtuosic skill that > goes missing - i can live without that. what we lose is the > kinesthetic experience that lends extra meaning, direction and ideas > to a performer/composer's work, even without them being particularly > aware of it. To quote (from memory) Frank Zappa when asked if he preferred the Synclavier or the live band : "On one hand the machine doesn't get hungover or bored and plays every note exactly as written. On the other hand it doesn't say 'We're Ethel' at exactly the "wrong" time..." _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
