Chaps,
Here's my take of this well trodden debate.
I remember when I was much younger (with no mortgage, children etc!!!), spending, on an almost monthly basis, to acquire all the latest musical wonder-toys of the day (flashing lights, black mysterious boxes that looked from a science fiction movie . . . you get the picture).
I would haul great racks of kit out into the public domain to strut my stuff with whatever band I happened to be gigging with at the time. And, yes these machines could make very impressive noises. I thought we were bound to be the latest local hit of the moment (just look at the impressive gear, listen to all the impressive sounds, we must be good!!).
But more often than not, the punters just didn't seem to care about all that fancy stuff (at least, not in a way that I was) The odd musician might comment on a little aspect of it.
At the end of the day (finally I come to my point), the musical listener just does not care how music has been produced, be it a scripted, computer generated, super orchestration on a synclavier ("Frank Zappa - Jazz from Hell" anyone - truly repulsive!!) to an old blues delta song recorded in the 1940's.
Its all about personal taste and perception. If you like the sound, if it moves you in some way, all well and good. Who cares how its been created and by what method. Even the computer stuff needs someone to switch the machine on in the first place (is this counted as creativity?)
All the world's a stage and we are merely players . . . . .
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