From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017121821563696129-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Some music is made just to relax you.  It doesn't all need to be some   
   > Rhubic's Cube sort of challenge to just stand listening to it.   
      
   Relax...or STUPEFY?   
      
   The Appreciation of Music is definitely a Mind Thing, something Zombies   
   aren't much into!   
      
   > I hope so. Worked on doing just that today :-)  Complicated, but like all   
   > things, it's a process and won't happen all at once.   
      
   Over compression Ruins Music! Why would you ever want to do that?   
      
   > I have.   
      
   I've done the next best thing - checked them out on you tube...and they are   
   definitely different just as a midi guitar is different from a Real one.   
      
   > Here's the important thing, tho. They don't HAVE to be INDENTICAL to some   
   > particular set of old wood drums.   
      
   UNLESS  they Need to be!   
      
   > They are a " new " instrument.   
      
   Who cares? That has nothing to do with anything because it's what they can   
   do and how they sound, and how they handle that matters.   
      
   > I don't care if they sound like real drums at all. If they do, and you   
   > want that, fine. But understand that some purist somewhere will say they   
   > can hear a difference and so won't be happy.   
      
   > Who cares.   
      
   Precisely. If they sound good, then they'll be part of the Preferences of   
   some because that's all that matters, not that they're 'new'.   
      
   > I certainly don't, and you shouldn't.  They sound like they sound. Either   
   > you can make music with that or you can't.   
      
   From what I've found searching around for electronic drums, it seems that   
   Zombies like them because of the weird and silly sounds they can synthesize   
   rather than how accurately they can simulate an acoustic drum kit.   
      
   That's also a problem with the Yamaha DX7, it has a lot of Stupid   
   Dumbed-Down '80s nonsense sounds, which became popular with the Zombies back   
   then, but it's a total waste to me because I'm going for Serious, Accurate,   
   Awesome sounds!   
      
   > again, who cares.  fly the weather you have.   
      
   Sure, if you're Stuck with something and have no choice, but that's a worst   
   case condition.   
      
   > Musicians can be biased against new things the same as anyone else.   
      
   Jim   
      
   I really couldn't care if it's 'old', 'new', or anything between - I just   
   want what suits my preferences and my style, NOT someone else's.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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