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

Fri Jun 6 09:36:30 CDT 2008

However, while some people like being pilots, no one like to be shot at.  Unless the concert is pretty bad, no one's shooting at us, and as long as people enjoy playing, people will listen...

J.c.

---- billdin at comcast.net wrote: 
> 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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