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Dwight Fried
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Re: Have to take issue with the term....
Feb 02, 2003, 21:18
'Electronic Music'. Electric guitars and amplifiers are electronic instruments-in fact, all recorded music is electronic in a sense.
Music is not automatically cutting-edge simply by virtue of using current technology. Much of todays Modern Rock(blecchhh!) makes liberal use of sampling and sequencing. The current spate of 'electronic 'bands are mostly revisionists anyway-happy to re-create the early-80's sounds of Ultravox et al. instead of exploring the limitless possibilities technology now affords them.
'Electronic' (there's that fucking word again) music by and large tends to have a cold, impersonal feel to it and this is often reflected in its themes. I'm not saying
none of it is good, but it usually lacks the visceral impact that ya get from good ol' gtr/bs/drms. It's just different music witha different purpose, that's all.
Whether it's played on a guitar ora synth or a kazoo, the bottom line is always-Does it move you?
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