Comments on: New York Times Article On Electronic Instruments http://www.thelisteningblog.com/2008/07/new-york-times-article-on-electronic-instruments/ “Listen all the time, and remind yourself when you’re not listening, or else the mike and the tape recorder will get the best of you.” – Pauline Oliveros Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:15:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mike Morabito http://www.thelisteningblog.com/2008/07/new-york-times-article-on-electronic-instruments/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Mike Morabito Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:53:00 +0000 http://ajtesttest.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/new-york-times-article-on-electronic-instruments/#comment-260 This is pretty interesting. A lot of electronic musicians pride themselves on building their own instruments. This is pretty interesting. A lot of electronic musicians pride themselves on building their own instruments.

]]> By: Idhrendur http://www.thelisteningblog.com/2008/07/new-york-times-article-on-electronic-instruments/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Idhrendur Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:15:00 +0000 http://ajtesttest.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/new-york-times-article-on-electronic-instruments/#comment-259 If any of those catch on, I'm interested in how they will allow people to think about music. I've noticed before that the form of a person's primary instrument affects their ability to learn various concepts (the best example is a flute player who had a hard time applying the concept of intervals to particular scales and chords. Playing a keyboard instrument, I had a very easy time doing jsut that).<br/><br/>It's much the same as the strength of different notational systems. The weakness of the notational systems is why I somewhat dislike Dance, Dance Revolution and despise Donkey Konga. If any of those catch on, I’m interested in how they will allow people to think about music. I’ve noticed before that the form of a person’s primary instrument affects their ability to learn various concepts (the best example is a flute player who had a hard time applying the concept of intervals to particular scales and chords. Playing a keyboard instrument, I had a very easy time doing jsut that).

It’s much the same as the strength of different notational systems. The weakness of the notational systems is why I somewhat dislike Dance, Dance Revolution and despise Donkey Konga.

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