[NewMusic] acoustic vs. electronic

[Barry Threw]

Not a useful analogy.  These are useful for completely different purposes.

I did not say that no instruments with acoustical or mechanical 
functions will ever be produced after a certain point.  What I did say 
is that all the instruments that we use now will be obsolete.  There 
will come a time when it will be hard to find a widely used instrument 
with no electronic components.  This is not to say that older 
instruments will not function, and be used, but they will be a niche 
fetish item...just like paper printed books are becoming a fetish item 
today.

Just like both the current paradigms of bicycle and car will be pushed 
out of usage to make way for updated models using the technology of the 
time.

I imagine everyone thought we would be using the steam engine for 
everything at one point too.  And I'm sorry for all you harpsichord 
players out there.

b

Chris Broderick wrote:
> Just like the automobile has made the bicycle
> obsolete.
> 
> -Chris
> 
> 
> --- Barry Threw <bthrew at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The tide 
>> of technological innovation is something that can't
>> be stopped, and it 
>> will eventually push all the instruments that all of
>> us hold dear into 
>> obsolesce.
> 
> 
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