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Pop music is rejecting the piano. Why?
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- xxpor 9y agoWhy deal with a full piano when you can just buy a Nord Stage 3 for $4500? Which by the way will do a whole bunch more sounds than just piano, such as an organ, various synths, etc?
- warcher 9y agoWhy play an instrument at all, when you could just hang out and listen to music? Why paint when you could use a Wacom? Why slap a clump of mud on a pottery wheel when you could 3d print a bowl? Because, for whatever reason, when you put a brush on a canvas, or clay on the wheels, or you hands on a big Steinway, some piece of you hums along with the medium and capturing that resonance is what art is. It's all sort of idiosyncratic at the end of the day, and how the thing feels in your hands is a big component of the artistic/creative process. If it works for you, it works. If it doesn't, try something else.
- xxpor 9y agoThe big difference though is that playing a Nord or whatever IS close to playing a regular piano. Obviously the weighting and whatever else isn't perfect, but the advantages of digital are extremely obvious. It's not anywhere near canvas vs. ipad in terms of drawing.
- holri 9y agoBecause an acoustic piano sounds a lot better live.
- jbob2000 9y agoPop music is rejecting everything right now. The fad right now seems to be emptiness, or blank sound, or something. I'd credit Lorde with starting this fad, now Taylor Swift has picked up the sound with her new single, Katy Perry's new single sounds kinda "blank" too. The Weeknd is kinda like this too, he drops notes from chords to let you hang in the empty sound.