[NewMusic] acoustic vs. electronic

[Barry Threw]

Not sure of the point...clarify?

Are you saying you agree with me because 3/4s of the instruments are 
already electronic so its only a matter of time?

There seems to be a misconception that what I said is that the current 
state of the instrument world is already like this.  It's obviously not.

It seems that everyone is denying what I see as an incredibly clear 
trend of the world, thus I make this assertion:

Older technology gets replaced by newer technology, and the currently 
used paradigms and models get slowly phased out and replaced by newer 
technology over the course of many years.  Or put another way; 
technology evolves.

So the questions I would ask are these:

Is this previous postulation untrue?

If it is true, then why should it not equally apply to musical instruments?

And if there is a good argument why it doesn't necessarily have to, then 
I would like to hear some opinions on why  or if that is a good 
thing...why do we cling to the things we know so strongly?

Why do we have these affections for technologies that were developed for 
such a different time?  The things we play now a-days are very 
anachronistic. to me .. is there an argument that they really fit in 
with our culture?  Or are we just so steeped in tradition that we can't 
get over what we know because its comfortable?

b

To be visionary you have to look toward the future.


Sarah - 21 Grand wrote:
> barry wrote:
> There 
> will come a time when it will be hard to find a widely used instrument
> with no electronic components.
> 
> - last I noticed, which was, uh, a few minutes ago, 1/4 of the average rock
> band contains an instrument with no electronic components.
> 
> sl
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