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I think this CD/project is a great idea. Id love to
hear the heavies, but id proably more interested in
what some ametuers came up with, as im a home recorder
myself.
drum machines arent too bad !, sometimes its the only
home recorders solution on a budget, or who never
plans on being that serious.
id say the one of the most "realest" songs ever
written uses a drum machine. thats brian wilson's "
'til i die".
of course my one beef with drum machines are the
perfect distances between each beat, but with some
work that can be resolved, or not.
btw im new to the list. hello everyone !
--- 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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