I don't see the problem with Pro-Tools; it's a tool for music production, just like an an analogue mixing desk, a tape machine, and all the other parts of the studio it replaces. Any artificiality is a result of the person using it, rather than a problem with the software itself. If McLaren really thinks that it's the software's fault, then I don't understand where he's coming from, as the LittleSoundDJ cartridge he enthuses about is little more than a collection of old Roland samples; surely if the scene is really pure, then they'd wouldn't be satisfied with anything less than a properly restored TR-808? Why does the use of old Gameboy sound chips make this music any more real than the latest Neptunes production?
I've no doubt that there's good music coming from this scene (I'll be going on a hunt after I finish writing this entry), but I hate the retro argument that McLaren espouses. As if all we can do is remain trapped in the past, with music trapped in a vinyl cage. As if we shouldn't look to the future. As if music shouldn't be easier to create. Who cares if you use a Gameboy, a half-broken C64, a Powerbook G4, or a four-track tape machine to make it?
malcolm is malcolm - and not dj bobo or britney spears, that's the trick - he is always looking into the future - how many people understand malcolm for real???
d.s.
Well, some would say that Malcolm, especially in the case of The Sex Pistols, simply hitched onto a bandwagon that was already rolling. But my point, and I admit that the post is a bit of a ramble, is that this appears to be looking into the past rather than the future, attempting to recreate the work of greats such as Rob Hubbard, Tim Follin and Martin Galway. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I just don't think it's going to be the Next Big Thing.
However, I'm often wrong 8-)
that's the problem, because there is nothing what it will be a big thing.
malcolm is only saying, loook here you can find a special art for presenting, and no one understand what he really is doing, that's all.
it's all show, promotion and fashion and when people start to interesting in fashion & music, then IT IS THE NEXT BIG THING, whatever, you know?
i like malcolm, because he is a trickmaster, but a good one
ciao :-)
Boy Playground: an introduction to Gameboy Chip music by Relax Beat
http://www.relaxbeat.com/boyplayground.htm