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Originally Posted by tspikes51
Of course, you're entitled to your own opinions, but I think that saying that one genre of music is not legitimate is like insulting somebody who listens to that kind of music. It is like saying "your emotions and thoughts, as a whole, suck" to somebody. Now, it's okay if you don't like a certain piece of music, but saying rap or techno aren't music is like saying that wonton is not real food. It's just a matter of taste.
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Agreed. I think that most people draw the lines too obscurely when they say things like that. For instance, I know a guy who calls himself a keyboard player. When I asked him to play something he admitted that he could not actually play traditional piano, but could trigger samples that were assigned to the keys. I did not call him a liar, I did not say that he was NOT a keyboard player. He was after all playing the keyboard.
Music generated from samples and loops is still music; there really is no arguing that. It IS a valid form of music as well. The "players" of such music might not be traditional instrumentalists but they are <b>most certainly</b> composers. I think the problem most people have with this concept is that there is the sense that <i>anyone</i> can produce music this way. That statement is true ... but it's also true that <i>anyone</i> can play the violin or the tuba. It's the quality of the music that is produced that is the question.
A great techno or rap composer can produce very interesting and complex music; just as a great classical or jazz composer can do the same. You can still tell a hack from a pro in any genre. In my opinion a lot of the stuff that is produced in the techno/rap/pop/country veins is hackneyed, trite, cookie-cutter pablum. There is always the exception to the rule.
Doug