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Originally Posted by Tophat665
Understand that I am not saying that Synthesizers and Drum Machines and Samples cannot be part of worthwhile music, or something used in addition to things that require musical talent, just that the programmers thereof are more like the lighting guys or the producers or folks who run the soundboard than they are like the musicians. They're technicians, not musicians. My beef with Dance and Techno is that a large part of it seems to me to rely entirely on these programmed devices, to the exclusion of any display of musical talent. That and I find it boring, repetitive, and unpleasant to listen to, so even if you disagree with my intellectual argument for disliking it, you cannot justly disagree that it is very much not to my taste.
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I can't make you like electronic music.. that's a given. I do disagree with you saying that people who make it aren't musical. Even though I don't like him, let's take Moby as an example. He plays the guitar and plays the keyboard among other things. He implements this into his music. That being said he obviously has talent. Now let's take (IMO) the best Drum and Bass producers out there. Pendulum. They used to be part of a punk band. One played drums one played bass. Makes sense huh? They got into D'n'B because of the energy of the music. They obviously have talent as well. Now let's take me. I can't play any instruments but I can spin the fuck out of some records. I dabble in production as well. Creating a song using various programs and synths or whatever you use is quite time consuming and alot harder than people realize. I know people who play instruments and they have a hard time using a redrum kit. So to say that it doesn't take talent is a little insulting from my view point.