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I’m glad they can restructure and stay in business. Maybe more musicians will get back to buying from them.
Mark, while true computers can help with different sounds, true music fans appreciate the hard work and finesse of playing guitar. You get a Jimi Hendrix doing Star-Spangled Banner or Stevie Ray or Jimmy Page doing unique sounds on guitar, it astounds you. You appreciate the work that went into it, the genius behind it and the magic fingers.
Computers and organs create sound but I get more enjoyment and excitement watching someone make their guitar play magic sounds than watching someone play a keyboard. I’m not a child of the new millennium. I prefer the old style. People hit every key on piano or organ; they didn’t hit an electronic button and have the instrument play back while they danced and pretended to look like they’re having fun.
Compare an older song to a remake version done today. The older is less busy, more musical, more raw and real. New stuff is electronic repeated notes, no errors, perfect timing and canned sound. If you’re used to current crap, the older guitar work sounds quite ingenious.
(Yesterday I got stuck listening to a pop radio station. Every song sounded alike. Electronic, soundboard-created vocals, incessant computer-generated drum beats (boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. No break, no extra beats, no lower or higher range) and it sounded manufactured. Words didn’t tell a story, they filled space. I know it’s today’s music but I’m old school. Real musicians, real singers, real artists who loved money but played for the love of music. After a while I asked that they turn it down or switch to classic rock. “Like Chuck Berry?” the twenty-three old asked. “No, The Beatles, Queen or CCR.” I said. She’d never heard of CCR even by full name. “Stuff my mom likes.” Yeah, sweetie, I’m old enough to be your mom).
Some days you just don’t want to get out of bed and face today’s world.
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