From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017030601091536559-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > I ran into a guy who thinks just like our drummer today.   
      
   > I was at a meeting, unrelated to music, and got into a conversation with a   
   > guy, who, it turns out has been to some of the clubs our band plays. He   
   > didn't know me. But once we got to talking, I'm sure he's been to our   
   > gigs.  He mentioned some bands he liked, named one that our " other " guy   
   > is in.  He liked them.   
      
   He must enjoy what you're doing then.   
      
   > Other tidbits. He didn't like some big big name horn band that he saw at   
   > another place recently. Said that band was too loud for the vocalists,   
   > especially the horns. Ask me why bands were so loud.  Said he and his wife   
   > dance.   
      
   If he goes to see live bands, I'm sure he could figure that out, but if not,   
   he should considering actually asking the band members why, which should  be   
   interesting to say the least ;)   
      
   > Said he knows some guy, keyboard player I assume, who does all the music   
   > himself, doesn't have a band, just plays with a computer and has a singer.   
   > Said the guy uses " midi ".  Said he didn't really like that. Said the   
   > reason was that with a real band, you have 4 or 5 people up there and when   
   > they get going there is an interaction, a special magic that happens.  Oh,   
   > and he said a lot of bands are hard to dance too, play songs too fast.   
      
   That interaction between REAL, LIVE musicians is what generates the  Love   
   Vibe - That's the 'special magic'!   
   No wonder he prefers it!   
      
   And did he say HOW the midi was being used?   
      
   > The guy didn't like " midi " because, I guess,  somehow holding the tempo   
   > even is sucking all the magic out of the music.   
      
   I'd say that it's the absence of variables that make it so mechanical, and   
   robotic.   
      
   > Oh, and this guy plays accordian, but not out, at least that he mentioned.   
      
   > It figures he's an amature musician.   
      
   All that really means is that he plays for the sheer joy of playing - what   
   we should all be doing!   
      
   > I haven't seen this midi hatred thing up close and in the real world   
   > before. Sure, the occasional intenet crank won't like it, but this is a   
   > first. No, wait, it isn't. I've seen this a lot, just not recently. Years   
   > ago I was in a club, a music organization, mostly all musicians ...  there   
   > were some guys in that who hated midi, or anything even remotely looking   
   > like modern gear.   
      
   Depends on what "modern" implies.   
   As for myself, I use midi for only one thing - to enable a controller   
   keyboard to trigger a sound module or other midi capable keyboard in real   
   time. Apart from that, I really don't have any need for it.   
      
   >  It was an interesting chat. I'll enjoy telling band girl about it   
   > tomorrow :-)   
      
   Jim   
      
   I'd still like to hear what he doesn't like about midi.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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