The Way We Make Music Now

“Very few people take it seriously at all, because they’re still convinced by the Microsoft slogan ‘Go where your imagination takes you,’ or whatever that bloody thing was. The idea that the computer is a completely neutral device that doesn’t have a personality of its own and just liberates you to do anything you want — it’s complete cock. You just make different music on a computer. And you can make wonderful music on a computer, but don’t pretend that the machinery is transparent. It makes as much difference to what you’re doing as it does if you play an acoustic guitar as opposed to a kettledrum. You’re not going to make the same music.”
 — Here’s a very long but very good interview with Brian Eno about music and the making thereof.