back when the wax cylinder was new and being heralded as the new wonder of the world one of the duo of Gilbert and Sullivan was quoted as (though I paraphrase due to memory lapse) "it (the advent of recording technology)will result in the so much bad music being preserved for all posterity"

The more times change the more they stay the same?

Time magazine puts it about Apple's GarargeBand .... "...to put together a professional-sounding tune... you don't even need much talent".


<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040126-578994,00.html>

mind you to go the full hog you'll need the dosh if not the talent - how about a full set of samples of a symphony orchestra for... $5500 (US) <http://www.ilio.com/vienna/>



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