Well you can be disappointed by my opinions all you like but like as I stated before, I won't take back what I've said because I believe in it and I meant it. I'm of an old school, purist mindset and much like an old man who can't program his VCR, I will not let new technology music undermine what is vital and important to what the art form has been since before electricity and modern science, and that is learning to play instruments, in conjunction with others if you like, and achieving something musically that can only be acquired by hard work, dedication, and talent.
Now, I can understand the composition part of doing things on a computer in order to get the sounds of a full band and make up for people/instruments you don't have on hand, but simply because you tell a computer to do it doesn't mean you can do any of that shit on your own in any concrete tangible fashion. It just means you know how to program a computer, keyboard, or whatever to do what you want it to do to make it sound like a real band or real music.
And saying that anyone who composes all parts/fake instruments on a computer/keyboard/whatever is somehow a genius is a far cry from the truth. I, myself, can play multiple instruments and I've written the guitar, bass, drum, vocal, and whatever else parts myself for songs in the past, but it still requires real people to put all that together in a live fashion and if I had a million limbs, I'd certainly try and pull it off. I've messed around with tech, beat makers, sound programs and other shit to make basic outlines of songs, but its never the same as a live band performing that same composition with actual talent, practice, and general music know how.
I appreciate wanting to do multiple things yourself because you don't have others to fill certain roles. Prince used to play all the instruments and parts on his old albums, the first Foo Fighters album was done entirely by Dave Grohl himself, and while that is impressive that they did all the sections and compositions themselves, when it came down to it they still played all that shit on real fucking instruments and not using a fucking computer.
I'm sorry but every time I look at new tech that's being used, demoed, or flaunted as the next big thing in DJ'ing and playing electronic, techno, or whatever, its always something to make doing that bullshit easier. How can someone progress as a "musician" when their chosen format is one that champions simplism and only the mastering of computer programs, triggers, and switches.
I'm sorry, but I went through a "techno" phase as a musician as well, but I quickly learned that it wasn't "the next step" in music as the mid 90 hype would have you believe and its not nearly as fulfilling as playing instruments either by myself or with others and creating something that transcends the confines of your own mind to become something more than the sum of its parts. Music has always been about emotional experiences and I just don't see how you can get that mastering a series of computer programs and technology that doesn't take the musical art form to any new levels but instead dumbs it down.