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joevidetto -> RE: World Music - share some favorite pieces that, for whatever reason, grabbed you (Feb. 8 2021 12:58:54)
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But...but...Root/classic or folk music might stay in a live form. It's going to be possible, but difficult for the moment, for a machine to follow let's say a singer, to adjust the dynamics to it's singing, and to create an listenning space where dynamics build together.
Agreed - computer automation is going to continue to bring social unrest, a widening of the upper and lower class gap (think a small community of kings with billions of peasants) and political problems like we've never seen...throw climate change and mass extinction in for good measure.
But the technical problems in composing music and playing it live that you describe - I think they can soon be overcome by sharp programmers, if that becomes a priority for them. What absolutely cannot be replaced anytime soon imho is the SOCIAL component of music - people looking at each other, smiling, talking, artists creating energy through live performance with human spontaneity and novelty - that is something I believe humans will continue to need ans seek. Music began as a PERFORMANCE art - though radio, phonograph, etc. allowed it to become an activity anyone can partake in at any time. Another aside - social contact is a need that already largely goes unmet for people of all ages, most sadly for older people that are alone and in nursing homes, for example. Back to live music - from a cost perspective, venues that employed lots of local musicians can now rely on recorded playback of music to enhance their atmospheres. Look at the wedding gig thing - almost all DJs.
Let's take teaching as another example - I live in NYC, and the idea of having 1 teacher teach hundreds of students was incredibly appealing to politicians. Think of the teaching jobs you can eliminate while giving access to the best teachers available - and the other ones ? Billionaires and politicians couldn't care less...eventually, the only thing that will change this is civil unrest and a major political upheaval - there won't be enough cake available for the peasants and the won't be able to, as Ivanka said "find something else"....because there is nothing else there.
Just my 2 cents.
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