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by wootland 1206 days ago
I've never made music as relevant as renaissance or classical music, but that's not my goal. I play for my own enjoyment, turns out some people also like watching me play which is pretty cool.

I think it's easy as an artist to put our own social position ahead of the actual goal: listeners should be able to enjoy music that evokes feeling/joy/relaxation/excitement. Whether that's 300 year old classical, a garage band or AI generated pop doesn't really matter. Lots of people had the same complaints about 3 chord DIY punk. Gatekeeping the creation of art seems elitist and anti-listener/viewer/reader...
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EGreg 1206 days ago
People enjoy watching you play because robots can’t do it better yet.

Do people enjoy watching you give directions?

No one is gatekeeping it. Just saying your activity is only appreciated by people because an affordable robot can’t do it better yet.

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wootland 1206 days ago
I don't need people to enjoy watching me play. I'd still play even if it was just for myself.

That said, I imagine IRL people will always enjoy a demonstration of skill. That's a bit orthogonal to just enjoying the music on its own though since it includes an element of performance. If robot bands could put on super entertaining live shows and produce amazing (better than human) music, I'd be first in line to listen.

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