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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 84272" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>Re: X16 Preview</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'll presume this is in reply to my post...</p><p></p><p>Studio stories are replete with anecdotes about fixing a drummer's timing problem or using the drum tracks to trigger drum samples; or other aspects of "studio magic."</p><p></p><p>My point is that if anyone can be seen/heard as artistically proficient when in fact they are not takes us further down the road begun when video killed the radio star... or the careers of artists that didn't previously rely on having a "look" to merchandise. MTV did to musicians what the "talkies" did to silent film stars... it ended their careers. Christopher Cross is one example of a gifted songwriter and singer who had his career decline into almost nothing because he wasn't an anorexic with a taste for bizarre hair and wardrobe.</p><p></p><p>We can argue (and mostly correctly) that the public was ready for musical acts manufactured like the persona of a Hollywood movie star.... shifting tastes, etc. Video allowed the public to be even vacuous and shallow. P.T. Barnum is reported to have said "nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." He was right.</p><p></p><p>Per, I don't give a fuck what people use... but I'm free to lament about the old days when singers could sing and players had a functional, artistic command of their instruments. Hell, I remember concerts before moving lights or video... and we still had sold out arenas and stadiums.</p><p></p><p>/nostalgia</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 84272, member: 67"] Re: X16 Preview I'll presume this is in reply to my post... Studio stories are replete with anecdotes about fixing a drummer's timing problem or using the drum tracks to trigger drum samples; or other aspects of "studio magic." My point is that if anyone can be seen/heard as artistically proficient when in fact they are not takes us further down the road begun when video killed the radio star... or the careers of artists that didn't previously rely on having a "look" to merchandise. MTV did to musicians what the "talkies" did to silent film stars... it ended their careers. Christopher Cross is one example of a gifted songwriter and singer who had his career decline into almost nothing because he wasn't an anorexic with a taste for bizarre hair and wardrobe. We can argue (and mostly correctly) that the public was ready for musical acts manufactured like the persona of a Hollywood movie star.... shifting tastes, etc. Video allowed the public to be even vacuous and shallow. P.T. Barnum is reported to have said "nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." He was right. Per, I don't give a fuck what people use... but I'm free to lament about the old days when singers could sing and players had a functional, artistic command of their instruments. Hell, I remember concerts before moving lights or video... and we still had sold out arenas and stadiums. /nostalgia [/QUOTE]
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