Technology versus Creativity

computers make it easier to just flip through one amazing soundscape after the other, always looking for the one that feels "right" instead of just taking something and bringing it down the rabbit hole. at least thats my biggest problem

Whatever medium you work in, devise an incredibly narrow framework for yourself, then seek to understand its potential & stretch it to its limits in all directions. And once you feel you've exhausted this methodology (if you ever do), use your findings to move forth in some new direction

if the advice of others offends your soul or stifles your creativity, pay it no heed. The internet's mostly talkin piffle mosta the time

  On 2/2/2013 at 3:58 AM, RadarJammer said:

taking something and bringing it down the rabbit hole. at least thats my biggest problem

if the masses are getting the same tools and are approaching music in the same way then a lot of the same shit will be the result

people should stop emulating their hero's to look cool and think out of the box and try to fuck about with stuff in different ways which I think is harder to do with software which these days new designs just give you something trendy made easier rather than giving more possibilities in a more intuitive way but sadly that's what the masses who want to sound like Skillrex (or whatever his name is)

was the TB303 designed for weird acid squelches or a cheap bass guitar emulator for your session player?

was the Akai sampler designed for chopping beats into granular style fx?

people need to get their hands dirty an innovate to stand out imho but with this in mind I think the next wave of innovators will be a more the mature artists who've had to get past the the pitfalls of fashionable genres

Best WATMM thread in some time. Great posts all around.

  On 2/1/2013 at 8:43 AM, ambermonk said:

Back in the turn of the millenium (1999-2000) all I used were Stomper Ultra ++ (a simple drum synth programme) and an early version of Cool Edit to make an EP.

Yeah, that shit was awesome

What's stopping you from going back to this process? Maybe not with Stomper but say with some drum synth plugin and a DAW? Hell, maybe the Fruity DrumSynth and piano roll?