Here’s the beginning of the follow up from Dave Chick from my previous post.
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Dave Chick
In my previous blog entry, I mused about the possibility that Music Technology itself may contribute to a “suckage” factor in today’s music.
This mental excursion was the result of listening to Joe Chiccarelli in an interview on Electronic Musician’s monthly podcast where he stated that he felt that the low barriers present for artists to record, produce and distribute their music has deteriorated the overall quality of music you hear on radio these days.
I wanted to touch on one more thing before I let it rest – give a bit of a real-life example that I came across that frustrated me a bit.
For those of you who know me, or tune into Derek and I on the Inside Home Recording podcast, you’ll probably have heard me mention that I’ve been teaching a theory course at the Art Institute of Vancouver.
I’m about to mark the second of two assignments for the term. Their first effort was good overall, but there were a few instances where folks were … well a little TOO reliant on technology. I’d asked them to piece together a “song” using stuff we’d covered in class: 8-bar verse, 8-bar chorus. Be as simple or complex as you want. I gave an example of what I was looking for too…
