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Computers & Music

Author: mmatisoff
Date: 2016-08-31 03:53

I grew up in the computer age (ok, I'm old). In December 1965, my father took me to work where one of the technicians had programmed a computer that usually ran vibration tests to play Jingle Bells. To give you some perspective, that computer was the size of a large office. In those days, even programming that little jingle was a feat worthy of Hercules. Today, we can listen to entire symphonies anywhere in the world and at different periods of time on an MP3 player. We can converse with other musicians around the world. I've been working with computers for more than 50 years. I have a love/hate relationship with them. I play the clarinet every night, usually using a metronome on my Android pad (though I do own an old clunk metronome. Or I play along with SmartMusic (on my pad or my computer).

I'm just curious to learn if there are any musical Luddites out there who have not been influenced by computers or who have opposed new technologies your clarinet playing.

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