Originally Posted By: Notes Norton
In music, what hits the ear is important, not how it was done.

I think you have summarized it perfectly with this statement!

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I remember back when I bought my first Atari/ST computer and started making Band-in-a-Box aftermarket styles, other musicians considered computers cheating.

I find it ironic/hilarious that we are all here because we use software to create music for us while discussing whether using a capo is cheating! laugh (To be fair, pretty much everyone who has responded has agreed a capo is OK.)

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Auto-tune - now that's cheating

I assume you are kidding because this also complies with your first statement! I actually loved Cher's first use of this technology and most recently love how Fun used it!

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I read where some rock star (forget who) wrote note names on the back of his bass neck. Cheating? Nah. Whatever gets you by.

What do Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Elton John and Barbra Streisand have in common? They use teleprompters during performances! http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-...prompter-lyrics

Last edited by JohnJohnJohn; 06/24/13 12:33 PM.