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I used to think that[br]I should watch TV

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I used to think that[br]it was good for me

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The recording part of music[br]has gotten much cheaper.

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People can record on their laptops.

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They can edit and compose[br]on their laptops.

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And the quality is fine.

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The means of production[br]have been handed to the creators,

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which is kind of wonderful,

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but it means that[br]there's a lot being created,

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and not all of it is good.

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And I would lose myself[br]and it would set me free

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The software that allows us[br]to record on laptops

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tends to encourage us[br]to record in certain ways.

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It tends to make the songs[br]very regular, repeatable.

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The tempos are usually[br]very strict and steady,

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which at some point in the past[br]was an ideal, but it's not --

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an absolutly steady tempo is[br]maybe not the best thing in the world

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So in some ways computers and technology[br]push us in a certain direction,

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and we have to know creatively[br]when to resist that.

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