Buddy's ultimate concept just might work!

Michael Douchette · Post by **Michael Douchette** » 20 Feb 2008 1:16 pm

Buddy has had the idea for Think A Change forever; whatever string movement you thought of, the guitar would do it.

FOX News just had a segment on a computer rig, where it would read the thoughts of the user, and the computer would just do it. It was an actual working prototype. Screen would change, applications, etc.

Buddy, your time may finally be here!!

Joe Drivdahl · Post by **Joe Drivdahl** » 20 Feb 2008 1:33 pm

You know, Michael, if this happens, my futures as a Computer Programmer and Steel Guitar Player are both over.

Very scary and evil stuff.

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 20 Feb 2008 2:01 pm

I agree with Joe. Computers have No Soul.

Roger

Michael Douchette · Post by **Michael Douchette** » 20 Feb 2008 3:24 pm

Neither do polka bands... ja, you betcha!

Delvin Morgan · Post by **Delvin Morgan** » 20 Feb 2008 5:03 pm

Now we are picking on polka bands. Whats next?

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 20 Feb 2008 8:05 pm

When you get to the stage where you just think a tune and the instrument plays it you won't have to learn how to play.

Come to think of it, if I think of a tune like Sleepwalk I can hear the Santo & Johnny recording in my head. If I then get the computer to read my thoughts it will play Sleepwalk just like Santo did.

On the other hand I could just put the record on...

Jerry Gleason · Post by **Jerry Gleason** » 20 Feb 2008 8:29 pm

It's funny you should mention that, Alan. I've long had this idea that someday we'd have some sort of headset that reads brain waves, hooked up to a synth or sample player that would allow someone to play music just by thinking it.

Imagine seeing a concert or jam session where there are are 4 or 5 people sitting in chairs on an empty stage, nodding their heads and tapping their feet, while their imagined musical impovisations fill the room... Scary!

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 20 Feb 2008 8:52 pm

When you get to the stage where you just think a tune and the instrument plays it you won't have to learn how to play.

That's exactly what happens with me, if I can hear it in my head it comes out in my hands, the only thing is I don't think very fast.

Kent Thompson · Post by **Kent Thompson** » 20 Feb 2008 10:01 pm

Give me the human touch anyday over mechanics. The longer I live the more i wonder where this world is going.

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 21 Feb 2008 12:01 am

OK, Michael, Beer is the "SOUL" of the Polka Band.

Eine,Zwei,Drei,Vier.......

Roger (Formerly from Polka Country) KNUJ Radio.

Michael Douchette · Post by **Michael Douchette** » 21 Feb 2008 5:40 am

ROG! Mein freund!

"Mein hut es hat drei ecken...

Drei ecken hat mein hut..."

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 21 Feb 2008 7:06 am

where this world is going

Standardization... Drive out variation, only 2 oddballs per million pieces, commonality of components, easy buttons.
I could go on but I'd make myself sick...

Ken Metcalf · Post by **Ken Metcalf** » 21 Feb 2008 7:35 am

What would happen when a pretty young girl walks in front of you..?? Boo Waa

Kristen Bruno · Post by **Kristen Bruno** » 21 Feb 2008 9:33 am

What if I accidentally thought of the wrong song, or wrong notes, or wrong footpedals, or wrong fingering or wrong fret or my kids or medical bills?

Will the song sound better after a few beers?

For each and every reaction there is an equal and opposite reaction...
- if my brain is driving this, what effect is it having on my brain?
Do I dare mention bugs, glitches, viruses in the machine .. and therefore transmitted to my brain? Oh, I just did!

Computer stuff (even the ones built by other computers) are prone to the inherent errors of the men and women who made the computers.

Thats my 4 cents on it!

Kristen

Barry Scott · Post by **Barry Scott** » 21 Feb 2008 9:42 am

If computers are now going to read thoughts...there will alot of dormant computers among the general public.

Barry Scott · Post by **Barry Scott** » 21 Feb 2008 9:44 am

That's intended to read as, " BE alot of dormant computers...". I guess mine got angry and misread my typing.

Bill Ford · Post by **Bill Ford** » 21 Feb 2008 9:53 am

What basilh said, except I have to stop and rethink things, would that sound like a skipping record, or maybe Max Headroom, remember him?

BF

C. Christofferson · Post by **C. Christofferson** » 21 Feb 2008 10:37 am

That would be cool...a Steelinator! Just hope it doesn't become self-aware and proceed to decide to annihilate it's creators. If you want to see it now go to www.animusic.com , click on DVD and clips.

Bernie Straub · Post by **Bernie Straub** » 21 Feb 2008 11:21 am

We should never attribute human characteristics to computers!!

Why? They don't like it!

Joe Drivdahl · Post by **Joe Drivdahl** » 21 Feb 2008 11:48 am

If my Steelinator becomes self-aware and goes on the warpath, I hope it is programmed to locate and annihilate all Rap music forever.

Joe Drivdahl · Post by **Joe Drivdahl** » 21 Feb 2008 2:17 pm

Roger,
You are right. Computers have no soul at all. You know what else? They are only as smart as Bill Gates says they can be, which leads me to believe they won't be playing steel anytime soon. Heck, they probably can't even pick an inbred, hillbilly guitar with one string missing... You know, a banjo?

Michael Douchette · Post by **Michael Douchette** » 21 Feb 2008 3:55 pm

Hey, Joe! You're a Montana guy...

http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5160

Dude, you guys are serious! Proud of ya...

Joe Drivdahl · Post by **Joe Drivdahl** » 21 Feb 2008 4:53 pm

Oh yeah, Michael, when it comes to gun control in Montana, most of us will agree to secede rather than give up our weapons. We need em. We got hunting to do and you never know when some gangster types might come around looking for a little lead in their diet.

Joe

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 21 Feb 2008 6:31 pm

basilh wrote:
When you get to the stage where you just think a tune and the instrument plays it you won't have to learn how to play.
That's exactly what happens with me, if I can hear it in my head it comes out in my hands, the only thing is I don't think very fast.

That's because it's in your subconscious. As an Accountant I can rattle figures into a numeric keypad just by thinking about them and my fingers move, or I can type without thinking. I haven't become as fluent as you on steel but if I play with my eyes closed I can usually get the tune out. There's something in our instinct that hears the frequency of the note immediately we play it and compensates for errors by moving the bar.

Bo Legg · Post by **Bo Legg** » 21 Feb 2008 8:23 pm