Comments on: Thomas Dolby, on Music Making Past and Future: The CDM Interview http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:23:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Andrew Cordani http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-463676 Andrew Cordani Mon, 05 May 2008 22:11:30 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-463676 Excellent article, Peter. Hyperactive's never left my playlist :) Excellent article, Peter.
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]]> By: Tomas http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-223846 Tomas Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:25:23 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-223846 I like what he says about being a one person band, because that's what I do in my studio. So pointers are always good. And I do like the way the people have taken control of the music business. Karl Marx would be proud! But I do like the sound of electronic instruments, especially when they don't sound like acoustic ones. Been there, done that, playing live in bands. Give me the blips, and other machine sounds, and synth pads! The old electronic music still sounds good to me, while many of the pop tunes back then sound dated. Maybe it's what I call retrospective nostalgia, because I wasn't listening to electronica back then. Anyway, thank you Mr. Dolby for what you've contributed to our music experience. Makes me want to go and see what She Blinded me with Science sounds like! I like what he says about being a one person band, because that’s what I do in my studio. So pointers are always good. And I do like the way the people have taken control of the music business. Karl Marx would be proud!

But I do like the sound of electronic instruments, especially when they don’t sound like acoustic ones. Been there, done that, playing live in bands. Give me the blips, and other machine sounds, and synth pads!

The old electronic music still sounds good to me, while many of the pop tunes back then sound dated. Maybe it’s what I call retrospective nostalgia, because I wasn’t listening to electronica back then.

Anyway, thank you Mr. Dolby for what you’ve contributed to our music experience. Makes me want to go and see what She Blinded me with Science sounds like!

]]> By: Create Digital Motion » Thomas Dolby Interviewed on CDMusic; Johnny DeKam, Visualist http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-222772 Create Digital Motion » Thomas Dolby Interviewed on CDMusic; Johnny DeKam, Visualist Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:51:36 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-222772 [...] Thomas Dolby, on Music Making Past and Future: The CDM Interview Thomas Dolby Extras: Live Performance Technical Details, Logic + Max/MSP [...] [...] Thomas Dolby, on Music Making Past and Future: The CDM Interview Thomas Dolby Extras: Live Performance Technical Details, Logic + Max/MSP [...]

]]> By: Marco Raaphorst http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-222652 Marco Raaphorst Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:42:51 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-222652 great interview, thanks Peter and Thomas of course! great interview, thanks Peter and Thomas of course!

]]> By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-222322 Peter Kirn Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:54:10 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-222322 Well, I should give more context, too. He mentioned examples like Madonna and U2, many of whom were incorporating electronics in the 90s as a kind of flavor-of-the-month. Dolby himself says he loved the sound of experimental electronics way back in the 70s (long before Autechre, it's true); he just wanted to find a way to meld them with songwriting, which I think is a worthy goal. Whether he intended it this way or not, I think a lot of what he has to say about performance with computers in general, and the extent to which he was already pushing timbre, the craft of playing live, and integrating multimedia elements. Now we have lots of popular bands touring with VJs and playing with computers, but suffice to say in 1982 it was well ahead of the curve, especially in terms of making it a point *not* to emphasize the presence of technology. And, Jim, as you say that I can't help but think... thanks to Internet radio (whatever short-term battles we may have over licensing rights), you *do* hear experimental, abstract, instrumental electronica online, 24/7, with a surprisingly large audience. Well, I should give more context, too. He mentioned examples like Madonna and U2, many of whom were incorporating electronics in the 90s as a kind of flavor-of-the-month. Dolby himself says he loved the sound of experimental electronics way back in the 70s (long before Autechre, it’s true); he just wanted to find a way to meld them with songwriting, which I think is a worthy goal.

Whether he intended it this way or not, I think a lot of what he has to say about performance with computers in general, and the extent to which he was already pushing timbre, the craft of playing live, and integrating multimedia elements. Now we have lots of popular bands touring with VJs and playing with computers, but suffice to say in 1982 it was well ahead of the curve, especially in terms of making it a point *not* to emphasize the presence of technology.

And, Jim, as you say that I can’t help but think… thanks to Internet radio (whatever short-term battles we may have over licensing rights), you *do* hear experimental, abstract, instrumental electronica online, 24/7, with a surprisingly large audience.

]]> By: Sotek http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-222263 Sotek Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:58:52 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-222263 Excellent article! Thanks! Excellent article! Thanks!

]]> By: Jim http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-222198 Jim Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:17:50 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-222198 I think that Dolby might be right that much instrumental electronic music won't be played on the radio in the future, but then again, was it ever? I think comparing Autechre or something to "She Blinded Me With Science" is like comparing apples to oranges. I like to listen to music with pop hooks, radio-friendly tunes sometimes, and I like to listen to abstract, unaccessible music at others. Granted, I usually opt for the pop hooks, but I still see people going back to abstract, non-pop hook, electronic music for a long time. I think that Dolby might be right that much instrumental electronic music won’t be played on the radio in the future, but then again, was it ever?

I think comparing Autechre or something to “She Blinded Me With Science” is like comparing apples to oranges. I like to listen to music with pop hooks, radio-friendly tunes sometimes, and I like to listen to abstract, unaccessible music at others.

Granted, I usually opt for the pop hooks, but I still see people going back to abstract, non-pop hook, electronic music for a long time.

]]> By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-222152 Peter Kirn Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:23:08 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/12/thomas-dolby-on-music-making-past-and-future-the-cdm-interview/#comment-222152 It's interesting, some of the artists I most respect say things I really disagree with. I think it comes down to being an artist, rather than a critic: you have to sometimes define yourself as what you're not as well as what you are, make choices. One of his choices definitely had to do with sound and timbre. I think one difference in a new generation of artists is that this divide between so-called "organic" and "machine" sound isn't as big an issue ... but, then, we were raised on bleeps and blips, so they don't represent alienation to us any more. (I think that can mean that we don't even hear 90s electronica the same way any more.) So, in other words, part of what he's saying to me really best describes his own music, what his work is about and where he comes from. I also like blips and instrumental music, too, and have a sense that it may also stand the test of time. It’s interesting, some of the artists I most respect say things I really disagree with. I think it comes down to being an artist, rather than a critic: you have to sometimes define yourself as what you’re not as well as what you are, make choices. One of his choices definitely had to do with sound and timbre. I think one difference in a new generation of artists is that this divide between so-called “organic” and “machine” sound isn’t as big an issue … but, then, we were raised on bleeps and blips, so they don’t represent alienation to us any more. (I think that can mean that we don’t even hear 90s electronica the same way any more.)

So, in other words, part of what he’s saying to me really best describes his own music, what his work is about and where he comes from. I also like blips and instrumental music, too, and have a sense that it may also stand the test of time.

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