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Re:The Wonder from Down Under: The Fairlight CMI Digital Sam... by jacquesm on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @10:26AM (#18229616)
> People write music on their computers

I'm perfectly fine with that. Computers can be musical instruments and even if they don't take years to master to get a tone or a riff out that does not diminish the accomplishment, which is all about creating original sounds, not about how those sounds are made.

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Re:The Wonder from Down Under: The Fairlight CMI Digital Sam... by williamdclt on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @10:55AM (#18229868)
People creating "computer music" are a mix of composers and producers, but not players which is a totally different piece of work. Apart from live DJs, but there's very few of them doing anything on stage that could be called "playing an instrument".
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