@nafai23 said:
As far as the thinking this does not sound cold or lifeless...well that is just it.
People cannot tell. That is the downfall of culture and education in our world today but that is too big a subject for here. That recording of the GS La Mer is dead and lifeless and no doubt a machine but like I said before very inpressive and would it fool my mom? .....sadly probably...
I meant it is scary for a joke...that i was lose my job. Just a light hearted comment.
I was a part of the whole virtual orchestra strike on Broadway too...I am not even going to go there....
hahaha....
We were posting at the same time... And in a way I was saying almost the same thing: the scary fact that people may not be able to tell soon what is musical and what isn't.
But this is where I find it very interesting: everyone seems to hear in a slightly different way. I know many people who wouldn't hear beyond the [agreed] slightly 'cold' absence of real players in a room together. In my aural 'filter' the highest priorities are aspects like timing, distribution of accents, emphasis, phrasing, etc. etc. And this is what I was admiring: the perfection of that work, and the care that went into that. And because we all listen to music in different ways, we'll never all agree on what music-making is. You see, the 'La Mer' excerpt is only a machine in terms of following what the creator, Andy, played on his keyboard, and delivering samples in response to this. The lines were not played by a machine. The computer isn't 'playing' anything, it has merely recorded the [edited] input from someone's keyboard playing. I would rather listen to that than a BAD real performance. But of course I'd be lying if I said I always wanted to hear music made that way!!
But I agree in principle that it's a dangerous area in terms of aspects of musical performance being removed from something that many people will believe IS a real live musical performance, or won't bother to care. In fact that already started with recordings. Music is transient in nature. To 'fix' it by making a recording is already a step down this road. Some people never go to a concert!
So in the end I find myself in agreement about the dangers, but still insistent that technology in the hands of musicians can be used to create something musical.
(and BTW that edits only destroy the music if done badly; can bring a recording to life if done by a musician... And I'm not only refering to a bad orchestra/performance, but to getting MORE than 100% out of a top level recording. ie. raising the level beyond that which was offered at the sessions. And I'm not just talking about the removal of mistakes...)
Thanks - this sort of discussion is useful for collating one's thoughts!