I came across this article which kinda defames Richie Hawtin, I find it quite stupid but then I was kinda angry when they referred the 3d midi fighter as an ‘idiotic toy’.
Clearly the writer has no idea about the ‘toy’, thought I would share with djtt community, I’m also not a fan of giving the site more traffic/attention, mods can feel free to delete the post if they think its a waste of time. I think these blogs just defame big names to generate more traffic, I commented there as ‘chayan’, but it won’t show up cause its still under moderation.
I really don’t care about the midi fighter hardware is hardware. but as for Ritchie Hawtin… Yea i do feel his music is boring and repetitive. He was one of the few artist that got 2 sets at EDC and well both sets were boring and lack luster. The guys in my crew think the same. We love music but shit is boring. Minimalist house haha wtf right
I understand what you mean, and agree, but this might be because we aren’t used to seeing such “instruments” being used expressively?
A guitar player can sit calmly and play any song or style, so why wouldn’t we call them silly for raising the neck in the air when hitting high notes, or slamming it down on the power chord? Same with horn players etc. Why can’t controllerists play with expression and not have it look daft? I believe it’s because it is just less familiar to us.
I understand what you mean, and agree, but this might be because we aren’t used to seeing such “instruments” being used expressively?
A guitar player can sit calmly and play any song or style, so why wouldn’t we call them silly for raising the neck in the air when hitting high notes, or slamming it down on the power chord? Same with horn players etc. Why can’t controllerists play with expression and not have it look daft? I believe it’s because it is just less familiar to us. [/quote]
I know the answer to this.
We are perfectly familiar with guitarists being expressive when they play. And we do not call them silly because, guitar players that have reached such a standard that they CAN make huge expressive movements without looking silly and without missing a note are in most cases, massively talented individuals. They’ve been playin for so long, and they are so familiar with the guitar, that the instrument is practically an extension of their body. Sounds a bit corny, but it’s true.
Guys that swing a Midifighter around the room after 3 weeks practice look like knobs because they are NOT familiar with their instrument. They look uncomfortable, and awkward. And there is nothing wrong with that. If a guitar player with 3 weeks experience starting wailing, he too, would look uncomfortable and awkward.
Inexperience shows through, and sync makes it easy for a controllerist of 3 weeks experience to think he is the shit.
And that, friends, is why a controllerist with 3 weeks experience, believes that he looks cool when swinging his instrument around his head.
True expressive movements are almost subconcious. They come about when exitement meets unconcious competance.
A little personal hate of mine, actually, is these people that make huge hand gestures when mixing. Tweaking a knob by 0.5mm then retracting the hand like it was burned makes my blood boil. All this banging a button and withdrawing the hand to the shoulder is laughable.
Although, I think that a LOT of people who fancy themselves as guitarists are kidding themselves just as much as bad DJs. Part of our shared distaste for the exaggerated motions is style, though. I think most of the guitars for sale at Guitar Center or similar are very stupid looking and also think that some controllers look much more like toys than others.
