The Steel Guitar Forum

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!!

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



Very scary and evil stuff.

I agree with Joe. Computers have No Soul.

Roger

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

Now we are picking on polka bands. Whats next?

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...

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!

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.

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

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

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



Roger (Formerly from Polka Country) KNUJ Radio.

ROG! Mein freund!

"Mein hut es hat drei ecken...

Drei ecken hat mein hut..."

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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.

We should never attribute human characteristics to computers!!

Why? They don't like it!

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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.