But for me, the sampler has now become a musical instrument, rather than seeing technology as an enemy, the musician should take it on himself to make the technology musical. You have to devote technology to your own ends. That's what it's there for, to be used. The sampler is one electronic device I know I can use. If people think that the sleeve note angle on the CD-ROM is just a sop to musos, then I don't really care.
People have every right to be interested in stuff like that.
But Waller's gifts were to employ complex chords in accessible melodies, and that's my aim too, no matter how technical it sounds. We're back to the muso question. But not only is he quick to defend himself from any accusations of obsessiveness, he's also quick to comment volubly on the position of the musically-gifted technician per se. For example, his own technical tendencies are backboned with an intellectual rigour and an infectiously enthusiastic sense of the musical esotericism which all good musicians should possess. The Stratocaster is superior for all sorts of reasons.