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Interview mit Eric Clapton (U-Musik) und John Williams (E-Musik) aus den 80ern, veröffentlicht in “making music” von George Martin und wieder aus der Versenkung geholt von audiotuts

image by Sakurako Kitsa

Interessant finde ich die Statements zu Möglichkeiten die Digitaltechnik und Midi anbieten (v.a. weil das Interview Anfang der 80er gemacht wurde).

Williams: “At the moment a lot of musicians are susceptible to electronic and computerized gimmicks to the point where any real instinctive feeling, and therefore the whole culture of music, is threatened.”

Clapton: “It’s so simple now to buy some piece of technical equipment and within a week sound like something you hear on the radio simply by pushing a few buttons and playing a few notes. You don’t have to go further than that; you’ve achieved what you set out to achieve. There’s no exploration to be done because it’s already been done in the factory.”

Clapton on the synthesizer: “I feel it cuts in half the number of potential musicians because not only do you have to be a very good keyboard player, you’ve got to be a scientist too. I can’t imagine Ray Charles being a great synthesizer player.”

Williams: “It’s aggravating the way synthesizers are used in general. There’s a depressing sameness about them that’s rather like having the same brand of marmalade every morning for six years.”

Williams (on the cost of technology): “Another aspect of the new technology that worries me is the way it separates the consumer from the people who are making the music.”

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wichtige Aspekte beim Instrumentalspiel:
Instinkt, Intuition, Suchen&Finden, Lernen, Experimentieren
und gutes Zitat von Williams:
“All of the great music cultures have been social cultures.”