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Comment by HeinzStuckeIt

9 hours ago

A lot of musicians these days are using sample libraries instead of actually holding real instruments in their hands. It’s not just DJs or electronic producers. It’s remarkable that Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance, for example, who played guitar and bass as a young man and once amassed a collection of exotic instruments from around the world, built recent albums largely out of instrument sample libraries. One of technology’s effects on culture that maybe doesn’t get talked about as much as outright electronic genres.