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Hi again, Ferenc,
Yes, I do understand that this is very informal and that's the way I
like it. But I submit that there are options to the soul-less drum
machine. It's much better, IMHO, to submit a recording sans drums
than a recording with a drum machine. Lay down some tambourine or
shaker for percussion. Dig what Jan and Arnie did on "Jennie Lee",
they tapped out the percussion on a wooden chair and came up with hit
with much more soul than something with a drum machine.
Here's one for our new technology: I've been in the situation where I
couldn't lay down drums without going to a studio. For an informal
mp3 comp it wasn't worth it. I contacted a drummer on the list who
lived in Boston, MA. I sent him a scratch track over which he laid
down drums and sent 'em back to me. Then I overlayed instruments and
sent that to another musician for more overlays. We had an entire CD-
R of tunes recorded this way.
If someone just bought an Alesis 16xyz whatever drum machine, and
they are partiularly infatuated with it, fine, but I'm hoping folks
consider other percussion options.
-Marty
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> ...Marty also wrote:
> > I think the only thing I didn't like about the way
> > the similar project worked on the Ventures list was
> > that most folks used drum machines so a lot
> > of it had a sterile sound.
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> Keep it in perspective, this isn't a major label
> release, this is an MP3 project for people on the
> list. I would bet that 85% of the listmembers don't
> have access to a studio, or even a drummer. This is
> about friends sharing their music...
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> Ferenc
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