The truth about Nintendo

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MDMAlliance said:

@#1:  That is an arbitrary definition for the beginning of music since there are many cultures that used singing as their primary source of music.  Singing, by nature, is easier to pull off than using musical instruments.  With singing, you have everything you need right there with no preparation.  With instruments, you need to have it built and have some kind of understanding of music prior to make it worth anything by itself.

That's right. And I've already admitted to Finfal-Fan that I may be wrong about that. Yet, there's no proof about which one came first.

 

MDMAlliance said:

@#2: What makes you think that?  What makes adding vocals to music more complex than adding any arbitrary instrument to the mix?  I'll give you the answer:  It doesn't.  You aren't even defining what "complex" even is.  The reason why vocals weren't possible before but instruments were has a lot to do with the fact that voices aren't static.  They are dynamic.  Which also means that dynamic instruments also weren't possible with the older technology.

You continue to focus on the technological side of the issue. Nothing makes me think what I had claimed but the games themselves released so far. I'm not following logic, I'm seeing the results directly. Look at the games that had instrumental-only soundtracks and look at the ones that began to have vocal music. Don't you see a pattern? Well, I do. Moreover, it's easier to make instrumental-only music. I'm not saying it can't become harder than vocal if one puts a lot of effort and resources on there. I'm saying vocal demands a higher "minimum level" of commitment.

 

MDMAlliance said:

@#3:  Just because you are incapable of understanding other forms of music, doesn't mean vocal music (one of the only things you seem to have at your 'disposal') is automatically the answer.  If you had done a research paper like this, you would fail.

Why do you say I am incapable of understanding other forms of music? The fact that I can't count the number of instruments (or even if I could it doesn't mean I would have the availability to do it) doesn't mean I can't appreciate the music I'm listening.

 

MDMAlliance said:

@#4:  Saying it suggests is also jumping to a conclusion.  There's nothing about your argument that even remotely suggests anything of the sort.

I disagree. Jumping to conclusions is embracing them. I just consider them as possible conclusions.