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Yeah, that's true, DP. Your reminding me of the Robin Trower number that starts
with a cheapo drum machine and then the real drummer joins in and it's purdy
effective. But for the most part, people think they're beefin' up their tune
with a drum machine when in fact the tune would sound a whole lot better
without. Again, this is my humble opinion.
-Marty
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From: DP
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Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Re: SurfGuitar101 Member Compilation CD?
Then again...one could "be creative" using a drum
machine...
I like running my drum machine through different
effects...and I also like using my Wurlitzer drummer...many
drum machines can be played in "real-time" (manual)
mode...just like "real" drums...
and...there's always a whole variety of percusion
instruments: things like claves and gueros and tamborines
and bongos and all that.
Maybe I could get Dusty to play "virtual-distance" bongos
on my little cut?
-dp
--- mctippens <> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
> >
> > ...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.
> >
> > 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...
> >
> > Ferenc
> >
> >
> >
> >
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