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An Age Without Samples: Originality and Creativity in the Digital World
Advancements in technology, such as tablets and smartphones, have changed the way people work. As a result, the chasm in areas such as information access, opinions, and even ethics has widened between people who are keeping up with the continuing changes and those who have been left behind. In An Age Without Samples, Ikutaro Kakehashi argues that what we need to do now is resurrect the “venture spirit” we saw from the late '60s through the '80s. With the explosive change brought about by IT, social networking, and other developments, there is a very rare opportunity today for venture businesses.
Based on a solid footing in his area of specialty as a pioneer in music and technology, Kakehashi uses the digital age as the backdrop of the times we live in. In this book, he offers tips on how one might navigate this “age without samples ” drawing from his own personal experience, successes, and most important, groundbreaking product development.
Based on a solid footing in his area of specialty as a pioneer in music and technology, Kakehashi uses the digital age as the backdrop of the times we live in. In this book, he offers tips on how one might navigate this “age without samples ” drawing from his own personal experience, successes, and most important, groundbreaking product development.
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312 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2017
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Ikutaro Kakehashi
3 books2 followersIkutaro Kakehashi (梯 郁太郎) was a Japanese engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. He was the founder of several companies during his life, firstly musical instrument, amplifier and effects manufacturer Ace Electronic Industries Inc. (Ace Tone) in 1960. Several years later, in 1972, he founded the much better known Roland Corporation. Roland is famous world-wide in the musical instrument & recording field due to having introduced many innovative and influential products like the TR-808 electronic drum machine, the JC-120 guitar amplifier and too many others to list...
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May 6, 2025
This book represents an update to Ikutaro Kakehashi’s previously published memoir. Through the analogy of sampling it explains how the music industry is entering a new era without examples that can be followed or copied.
June 27, 2017
Just a wonderful book full of wisdom by a great soul, who passed away this May. I particularly liked the chapter "The Future of Electronic Musical Instruments". I'd take it as 'Gospel'.
"The advantage of a novice is that he or she is not burdened by what has previously been done and hence can do things that others with more experience, who may be set in their ways, may not do. At the same time, novices cannot expect to grow unless they are humble enough to listen to what their predecessors have to say and maintain a flexibility of the mind. You cannot have true innovation by making something that is simply "different". Many people, after having been involved in a particular project for for five years, begin to think that they know it all. While five years may seem like a long enough period of time to experience a variety of things, especially when you take into consideration the speed of change, it is still not enough time to gain a thorough understanding of music and all the elements that support it, as well as the ability to truly listen to feedback from musicians."
Quite true.
"The advantage of a novice is that he or she is not burdened by what has previously been done and hence can do things that others with more experience, who may be set in their ways, may not do. At the same time, novices cannot expect to grow unless they are humble enough to listen to what their predecessors have to say and maintain a flexibility of the mind. You cannot have true innovation by making something that is simply "different". Many people, after having been involved in a particular project for for five years, begin to think that they know it all. While five years may seem like a long enough period of time to experience a variety of things, especially when you take into consideration the speed of change, it is still not enough time to gain a thorough understanding of music and all the elements that support it, as well as the ability to truly listen to feedback from musicians."
Quite true.
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