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Yeah, I had a similar thought around "favorite producer" as the language to use these days. I saw RZA speak a few years back and one thing he mentioned was that
by mtalantikite 3y ago
Yeah, I had a similar thought around "favorite producer" as the language to use these days. I saw RZA speak a few years back and one thing he mentioned was that he just didn't have access to instruments and instrumental teaching when he was a kid like others may have had in earlier generations. He said something to the extent of "I could have been Mozart if I had had that access". What he did have access to was an ASR10, an EPS16+, a bunch of records, and great ears.
I've always wondered how much impact lack of funding for music education in schools has had, where a surprising number of people just don't know what instruments are even called anymore.
- bzzzt 3y agoYou could argue the restrictions caused by not having access to formal music education and classical instruments caused a lot of innovation in the music space. People made music long before any kind of formal music theory was a thing and will make music nonetheless.
- version_five 3y agoAgreed, necessity is the mother of invention and all that. The worlds better off with RZA as himself than as another Mozart.
- ludston 3y agoThat's your opinion. I'd really much prefer another Mozart.
- fknorangesite 3y agoWe already have one. Now we have something else, too.
- mtalantikite 3y agoOh for sure, I'm very glad RZA exists and made the music he did. Knowing your flat 9s and 13s isn't going to make you a great player on it's own. Pushing the tools you have available is often where the interesting things live. But I'm still always surprised when people just don't even know what instruments are called [1]. (It's not their fault, of course). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peek_a_Boo_(Lil_Yachty_song)#Lyrics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peek_a_Boo_(Lil_Yachty_song)#L...