[silence] On One11 and digital downloads

[John Whiting]

Brian Brandt wrote:

> Much as Cage might have appreciated the digital ether for its 
> possibilities and possible anarchy, I can personally tell you that he 
> would not have appreciated a world where everything is "good enough".

The sad truth is that the final decisions about the technologies we are encouraged or 
even allowed to purchase have usually been made, not by artists or even engineers, 
but by accountants and promoters who decide what new gear will make for the greatest 
short term profit. From the earliest days of recording, amplification and modulation, 
serious music has had to make do with the technology designed primarily to titilate 
half-wits. A friend who used to service professional digital delay devices for some 
of the biggest pop stars found that the slots for modifying the standard presets were 
usually empty.

John Whiting

ART FOR ART'S SAKE  …solitary confinement had become necessary after he realized that 
he was God…  www.whitings-writings.com/diatribes/art.htm