RE: What is a digital musician?

[Jim Kollens]

In the 60's we had "soul" music. Now, in the Zero's we have "sole" music.

[Jerry Gerber]

>In the 60's we had "soul" music. Now, in the Zero's we have "sole" music.



Ha-ha! I think there is something philosophical in your humor.

Though the composer/musician/producer may view herself in isolation and "a
one-man band", it doesn't really seem to be the case. There are silent
partners, the designers and instrument builders and software engineers, and
then there are the people who made the sample libraries, the musicians whose
notes were sampled, and then there are the many musical influences and music
theory which are real to the "digital musician".

Finally, electronic composers work with instrumental and vocalists both in
commercial and non-pop, non-soundtrack situations so there is
interdependency of music-making there as well. Composition, at least in the
western sense, has long been a solo act, because the act of writing is such.
Most composers who create music for any reason work in solitude.

Here is one contemporary example of composition for electronic composition.
It is a section of a longer work.
www.jerrygerber.com/mp3/joc.mp3

Jerry Gerber



"Jim Kollens" > wrote in message
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> In the 60's we had "soul" music. Now, in the Zero's we have "sole" music.

[Jim Kollens]

Hi Jerry, Sorry, I can't do the download and your spamblocker won't let me
email you privately. Similar to my luck all this day. Oh yeh, and your
original posting is also gone so I can't even quote you! Anyway, I just prefer
a group of real, live musicians all in one room playing together. I would
rather not even do overdubs. Nonetheless, I am aware that great music has been
created in other ways. But, like most people, I'd rather have it MY way.