Music really varies in my experience. Even in jazz, while there are many folks with no interest in technology, you've also got those like Sun Ra, who was keenly interested in incorporating new electronic stuff, to the extent of working directly with Robert Moog to get his hands on early synthesizers. And some musicians' careers are entirely based around technological experimentation and developing their own tech, whether it's bands like Einstürzende Neubauten or composers like Iannis Xenakis.
Totally. It all really seems to be about what value proposition the technology holds with regards to an artist's creativity. Some people see a synthesizer and view it as a tool to finally express some of the sounds they've been kicking around in their heads, while others might see it as diluting the craftsmanship of the instrumentation they already have. And like I said, some people see restraints as a bigger boost to creativity than others.
It's interesting though, because adoption of technology doesn't seem to be much of a big deal at all on the recording side of things. Very few are the musicians that wouldn't be interested in learning how to use a complex DAW with tons of fancy plugins nowadays...
