Musicians of the future

[violet@slip.net]

I am so tired, and I shouldn't be doing this.  If I were awake, I would
just be including everything in one post instead of sending 20 separate
ones.  Sorry about that. :<

Bryan wrote some more:
>PPS What if you cannot play, but use (say) a computer or other tool to
>perform the music you compose? And I mean using it properly and something
>of quality sound, not a programmable tone generator! Unless you're very
>very good. Does that count as whatever "playing music" is supposed to mean?

This reminds me of something I like to tell people.  I think that in the
very near future, performers will not actually play music at their
concerts, but will simply have their CD playing while they sit in the
middle of the stage. ;>  This is where it's heading, folks.

But that is not a comment against computer generated music or music
sequencers.  Bryan's questions about those just triggered my thought.  I do
believe that the use of computers and such does count as music.  And just
as with say, Nine Inch Nails (or Bach, for that matter), not everyone will
want to listen to it.

Violet