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From: afdenis@lims03.lerc.nasa.gov (STEPHEN DENNISON)
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Subject: Re: Survey: Computers and Music
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>Computers and Music Survey
> 
>1.  To what extent do you feel computers has influenced music today?
                                          ^^^ How about "HAVE" ?

>	c) Considerable effect.
> 
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>2.  Do you view the current and future computer influences on music to be:
> 
>	b) Somewhat positive?
                AND
>	d) Somewhat negative?

The positives and negatives do not cancel out leaving no effect. There was 
no appropriate way to say this other than BOTH b and d.

> 
> 
>3.  What do you see as the greatest advantage to computers in music?
>    (Be brief.)
Great musical ideas are not lost due to the inadequate technique of the guy 
who has the idea, i.e. sequenced parts, corrections, etc.
> 
> 
>4.  What do you see as the greatest disadvantages to computers in music?
>    (Be brief.)

Any fool can make reasonably good sounding record, thus polluting the 
airwaves with drivel that isn't weeded out by brain-dead record company 
bureaucrats. 
> 
>5.  Name up to five artists or groups that use computers in a positive,
>    worthwhile manner.

The Police
Yes
Todd Rundgren (sp ??)
Stevie Wonder
World's Most Dangerous Band (Late Night w/ David Letterman)

> 
>6.  Name up to five artists or groups that use computers in a negative
>    manner (e.g. as a crutch, to mask lack of talent, etc.)?

Hall and Oats
The Human League

> 
>7.  What other comments would you like to make concerning computers in 
>    music?

Drum machines, while excellent pre-production tools, should be banned from 
final recordings as should any keyboard sampled sounds. There is simply no 
way a keyboard player can simulate the nuances of whatever instrument his 
sampler is set to sound like and almost all attempts come up short. In live 
performances, however, samplers are a God-Send.

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> 
>Please e-mail all responses to drdave@buhub.bradley.edu.  Please don't post
>answers to this newsgroup.
> 

oops, too late :-)

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