Lessons from the desktop music revolution
Dave Cronin has written a really interesting article on computer music interface technology -
“Music is almost universally important to human culture, but instruments are not strictly ‘useful’ and it seems strange to think of them as mere tools. That said, from the first bone flutes and stone tools, the evolution of musical instruments has closely paralleled to that of more utilitarian technology. As inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil puts it – [musical expression] has always used the most advanced technologies available.”