Quote Originally Posted by davethedrummer

Let me tell you , learning to play the piano is way more difficult than learning to use a computer sequencer….and speaking as someone who comes from a family of piano players and teachers and me being the one who didn’t learn but instead got into electronic stuff…….now THAT’S a regret !
well, as someone who plays multiple instruments, i will say this:

while learning an instrument is difficult, and learning computer sequencers may sound easier, making a full interesting composition as well as learning how to make it SOUND good is not all that easy. with bands you may have multiple inputs on the composition of a song, as well as sound guys to do the dirty work for you. with sequencing, it's easy to throw some loops together and not so easy to make them internesting and well produced.

i think people are getting back into rock again basically because it has some TEETH and some excitement, whereas watching a dj or producer nod their head behind the decks or a laptop is pretty ****ing boring. i would like to see more djs/live pas actually get into their freakin sets, rather than stare at their respective intruments like a damn fishtank. not only that, but i would like to see a bit more thought and emotion in some of the techno out there as well. now there is some fantastic music coming out (i personally think techno is just getting better and better because of the influx of new blood), but so much of it just doesn';t grab me by the ovaries because i can't FEEL what went into it.

as for the "everyone has access to a studio" thing; i think it's bloody brilliant. it's like punk rock was in the 80's. sure there's a lot of crap because of it, but it's not relegated only to those who can afford thousands of dollars of equipment, or people who are insiders enough to have friends with studios. so new people are getting in there, making fresh tumes, and really challenging the old guard to step it up a bit, whichj i think is happening as well.

what can i say. i think techno has nowhere to go but up. and there will always be those who want to complain or place blame, but why waste your energy when you can instead just keep innovating and pressing forward?