Comment by brcmthrowaway

10 hours ago

Anyone doing something artistically great is engineering in some way. The Renaissance painter, the ableton producer. It all involves mastery of tools.

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shermantanktop  10 hours ago

That's stretching the term to the breaking point, for me. Is there some evidence of systematic analysis of component parts? attempts to model elements of the problem? data gathering and data analysis? simulation? Intentional application of principles of physics or some other pure domain to a real world problem?

Artistic endeavors come from lots of places, not just people with an analytical mindset. Historically those two are seen as opposing tendencies, which I think is unfair, but it points to the importance of intuition and navigating perception and emotion for artists.

  • tempaccount5050  9 hours ago

    > Is there some evidence of systematic analysis of component parts?

    Music theory, Nashville notation

    > attempts to model elements of the problem?

    Ditto

    > data gathering and data analysis?

    Listening to a wide variety of music and understanding what make a genre a genre

    > simulation?

    Cover songs, writing to a style

    > Intentional application of principles of physics or some other pure domain to a real world problem?

    Literally sound engineering