Something Like The Real Thing
By Clive Young
Nobody likes to do grunt work; after all, that's why we have pizza delivery guys—if you're already too lazy to make dinner, why would you drive across town to pick up the meal you're not going to make? That same laziness is why the rich have maids, celebrities have personal assistants and recording studios have interns (at least for now). But in recent years, we’ve seen our culture start to farm out the stuff that’s actually fun to do. Remember all the fuss over those Guitar Hero videogames? They gave you the experience of performing for a roaring audience without having to actually know how to play a six-string; you could farm out the “skills” part to the game and reap the instant ego gratification instead. Many were convinced it would be the end of music education, because kids wouldn’t want to learn “Mary Had A Little Lamb” on Dad’s old, busted acoustic anymore, but the games came and went, and somehow I’m sure Dan Smith is still teaching someone guitar at this very moment. More » |
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