[Dixielandjazz] Electronic Enhancment

[Andy.Ling at Quantel.Com]

Steve replied to my comments
> > Andy.Ling at Quantel.Com (wrote)
> 
> > about Barbone's idea of an electronically created clarinet sound, or 
band.
> >
> > So what exactly is wrong with this? You are using a set of tools to
> > apply your artistic skills and ideas to create some masterpiece.
> > Just because you cannot achieve your desired result using a
> > "real" clarinet doesn't make your artistic interpretation any
> > less valid.
> 
> Nothing is wrong with it. It is just not live music that's all. It 
> is unquestionably "music" and it is unquestionably "art". As you 
> say, a valid artistic interpretation.
> 

I guess we're in agreement really.

> 
> However, anyone who has seen Magician's make Elephant's disappear, 
> or David Copperfield walk through a solid wall knows that the days 
> of the Fantasy Five + Two, "live in hologram", at Wembly Stadium are
> not really that far away.
> 

So playing devil's advocate; when the Fantasy Five + Two go on tour
and the technology is such that you can't tell it's a hologram and a
bunch of computers does it matter if you call it "Live".

Computers are already able to put "feel" into the music they generate.
It wouldn't be too difficult to add a few computer generated mistakes.
The odd squeak or bum note.

I'm sure it wont be long before someone does an analysis of everything
Louis has ever recorded and gets a computer to generate new stuff in
the same style in a way that only a real expert could tell the difference.

In fact I think I'll crank up my CD player and start analysing right now.

Andy Ling