Joelc Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 If it went for the synth, we would be missing out on so much great music. The likes of Orbital, Massive Attack, Moby right back to things like Joy Divison, Kraftwerk, JMJ, and i think the synth spawned a whole new race of music, like mentioned before, sampling, and MIDI and allowed acts like Radiohead, and The Prodigy, Kovenent etc to experiment with music to a much greater degree. The instrument is only as good as the person playing it, and despite allowing some of the crap that gets classed as music nowadays to be born, I think the amount of classic tracks, and the ability of it to be used in cross genre material outweights its misgivings. The thing that kills music now, is money, too many fat cat record bosses trying to cash in on the latest fad, and the talent that could be, never quite makes it. Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Joel, You mention Radiohead, particular favourites of mine. Their work from 'Kid A' onwards features greater use of electronica, and 'ambient' drones/atmospheres/textures etc. However, what I find really endearing is their enthusiasm for the Ondes Martinot, if that is how one spells it. This strange, eery-sounding instrument is used to very good effect on their excellent 'Hail to the Thief'. I don't know much about it, but I have heard that the band prefer the previously neglected instrument to synthesisers. Didn't they recently meet the inventor of the Ondes Martinot, or daughter of the inventor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ant Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 We shouldn't neglect the contribution of Rolf Harris and his marvellous stylophone, of course, with its innovative incorporation of a vibrato switch to change the sound from a cat being run over by a fletchers van, to the heady heights of a well-trained operatic cat protesting that its best mate had been run over by a fletchers van. I'll get me coat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 ALL sound is music if used in the correct way.......in the hands of idiots or used to much it can be a disaster. look at the mellow tangerine dream stuff ...........beautiful, not harsh at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ant Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 True. Bowie managed to incorporate a stylophone into Space Oddity. Not as good as Two Little Boys, but he did his best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Originally posted by Ant Not as good as Two Little Boys Is that a Michael Jackson track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodameister Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 did synths ruin music? short answer "No" slightly less short answer "Of course not!" Its a perfectly viable method of making music. When you get any new type of music you get some people who are just doing it for the novelty value, and then you get the people who really make it work and make an art form out of it. There is some early synth stuff that is painful to listen to, but there's plenty of trash from every genre and every era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Originally posted by Yodameister did synths ruin music? short answer "No" slightly less short answer "Of course not!" Its a perfectly viable method of making music. When you get any new type of music you get some people who are just doing it for the novelty value, and then you get the people who really make it work and make an art form out of it. There is some early synth stuff that is painful to listen to, but there's plenty of trash from every genre and every era. spice girls chas and dave birdy song ? may as well start a did electricity kill music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodameister Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Oh you can't beat Chas n Dave and a good old ****-er-ney knees up! Okay, maybe you can...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveWilson Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 It brought diversity into the music scene rather than the same old band drone! yawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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