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Thread #149377   Message #3480611
Posted By: GUEST,Allan Conn
17-Feb-13 - 04:17 AM
Thread Name: [Formerly BS:] Musical snobbery
Subject: RE: BS: Musical snobbery
I play only acoustic guitar and sing. Accompanied by, if anything, only a bit percussion, other guitars and if I am lucky enough a brilliant viola player. Very occasionally my son will plug in and give me some lead guitar backing. I tend to listen more to acoustic based music. Find it more organic and it just feels right for me. However I do also like electronic music. I understand that someone can make music now with the help of technology without being really proficient on any instrument. However the fact that they are creating music by whatever means surely means they are a musician. Would we say that Bowie was being a musician when recording Hunky Dory but not during his Berlin period?