[Trombone-l] NY Times article: "Are Digital Orchestras a Sign of the Times?"

[billdin@comcast.net]

Thanks George, I thought the article was very interesting, but sad.

>From David Pogue's article:  "Today's sampled sounds are amazing. Ever greater numbers of theatrical, TV and movie scores are played using these digitized sounds instead of live musicians; so really, this digital orchestra product is just a sign of the times. I can't help remembering how fonts and laser printers wiped out the entire industry of hand typesetters. Today, we see it as an inevitable replacement of a slow, inefficient process. My question is: in 100 years, will anybody go to the trouble of hiring live musicians to using an equivalent-sounding inexpensive box? And will anyone mind? 

Answer: I'm pretty sure the answer will be NO. I think, in may cases, the answer is already NO. If robots are currently replacing jet fighter pilots, can trombonists be far behind?

Bill Dinwiddie
billdin at comcast.net

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: George Butler <georgebutler2003 at yahoo.com> 

> There's an interesting article by David Pogue, who covers the technology beat 
> for The New York Times, in Thursday's paper (Thursday June 5, 2008).  David 
> is a trained musician himself, and has mixed feelings on the subject. 
>   
> "Are Digital Orchestras a Sign of the Times?" 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/technology/05pogue-email.html?em&ex=121281 
> 1200&en=8b85700020376d4e&ei=5087%0A 
>   
> George Butler 
> Tallinn, Estonia 
> 
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