The point is, technology has empowered so many musicians, you know?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's easy to get sidetracked with technology, and that is the danger, but ultimately you have to see what works with the music and what doesn't. In a lot of cases, less is more. In most cases, less is more.
Technology has given us convenience, but at the same time it's making musicians work harder in that if you really want to make money making music and selling albums, you have to go out there and perform. And hope you sell stuff like merch, and get on YouTube, and all the other ancillary sort of things that go along with that.
I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was a long time ago.
Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it.
The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and it's important that musicians stick to their guns and not look for that instant gratification.
I think it's important for people to stay human and remember that genuine human connection is more fulfilling than anything that technology has to offer. We all have it within us, and music is something that can bring that out of us.
For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.
I think people should be able to have at their behest, like, four hours of music, entertainment, visual knowledge, different pathways. That's what I'm trying to do with modern technology, not just another song and another song.
People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be as valuable as what they do.
You used to have to sing and convey emotion, and now, well, technically you can do anything with technology. It sucks for music today, but that's why that old music feels so good to me.