[Harp-L] Washington Post: The Death of the Electric Guitar

[Rick Dempster]

Hmm. Maybe the next thing to go will be footballs, bats. rackets etc.
etc.....if you get my drift.
RD

On 25 June 2017 at 05:53, Bob Cohen <bob at xxxxx> wrote:

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> > On Jun 24, 2017, at 6:16 AM, Richard Hunter <rhunter377 at xxxxx>
> wrote:
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> > I wonder though how much of this article applies to the harp.  Perhaps
> > others can do the assessment.
>
> I wonder how much this applies to instruments in general. Computers and
> the digital world have changed what it means to be a musician. You don’t
> have to practice a lifetime to make a record, you just need to sample and a
> computer full of sound manipulation tools. Who knows, before long people
> who actually play instruments will be in demand again as one or more
> generations eschew analog for digital.
>
> -Bob
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>