[microsound] iPhone apps

[isjtar]

not really, i'm fairly often in the geekery department myself, doesn't bother me, it's not about virtuoisity here.
it's more about marketing and how you position yourself.
this act was seemingly trying to say "I don't only play violin, I'll also play on my shiny iPhone. Look at how unconventional and innovative I am. Furthermore I'm stylish and design-sensitive"
ok I'm exaggerating, but that's what it does to me. 
you know now in restaurants here they start to state the brand of oven your food is cooked in.
I don't give a rat's ass, just make it tasty!

On 13 Apr 2011, at 18:38, Laurens van der Wee wrote:

>> Now, how about this: http://www.ataut.net/site/Adam-Atau-4-Hands-iPhone. 
> 
> Thanks for sharing, but I wonder if in this case the iPhone (or mobile or smartphone or ...) enables the performers to actually be expressive or gestural or whatever word you wanna use for it. Watching the video, I couldn't detach from the feeling that I was still looking at a bunch of geeks (nothing wrong with that) struggling with their technology (also fine, but it seems they're pretending a bit more), rather than people expressing themselves in a musical performance.
> 
> I know this statement is a bit off-subject, however, I can imagine this comes close to isjtar's doubts, but that's something I do not know for sure of course.
> 
> laurens.
> 
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> 
>> 
>> ./MiS
>> 
>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:52 AM, isjtar <list at isjtar.org> wrote:
>> I'm a Mac user and an Apple customer, but supposedly critical minded people who go flaunting Apple products like that, i dunno, it's just wrong...
>> if it would be any other megacorporation, people would frown upon it, but Apple gets a free pass in some circles and even gets used to obtain an image of "state of the art" or "cutting edge".
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 13 Apr 2011, at 14:49, Michal Seta wrote:
>> 
>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:27 AM, isjtar <list at isjtar.org> wrote:
>>> that said, was at a festival for contemporary music and in the program was one person who put as instruments: violin, iPhone.
>>> I felt dirty after reading that.
>>> 
>>> that's interesting!  How dirty did you feel.  And why?
>>> 
>>> ./MiS 
>> 
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