Xiane
Active member
I'm not going to wade into the first part of the argument, but I'll reprise some previous comments to say that in some ways music has always been about technology, making new sounds that are expressive, artistic, fun, danceable, whatever. I'm not in love with people "playing their computer" but there was a time when all sorts of "traditional" instruments were new, and looked on with suspicion and derision, only to take over at least the popular forms within a decade or so, because people like new sounds, and possibilities.Is it a bad thing that the instrument does things to the sound to add things to a performance by an accordion player? If it sounds good, why bother whether the musician did something to earn it?
We've previously discussed this. Let's say someone is using the digital voice of an instrument like a violin. That already sounds very different from the sound of an accordion. Is the only acceptable way to play it is to make it sound identical to a real violin? I believe it can still be musical while sounding a little different.
A thing that's helped me as I've gotten older is asking myself "What if I didn't care about this? What would happen?" I don't mean this in a nihilistic way, just a way of prioritizing what's actually important to you.