I think Rare Guy means it's not too hard to get into chopping up
breakbeats and having it sound very hectic/frantic. I too got ahold of a
whole bunch of the common dnb loops and started playing around, and I too,
although I was having a blast, soon discovered I sounded like some TJ or
RDJ or LV wannabe.
I think this is also a reason why a lot of people have abeef with
'traditional' jungle in that it's sort of easy to cut and paste 16th, 32nd
and 64th notes around to creat a whole new groove, so why just leave the
loop alone and untouched? What sets someone like TJ apart though is that
he incorpaorates his other elements (bass etc) against the meticulous
drums so well the programming almost becomes transparent. I had a friend
who understands the concepts of sequencing and drum machines and who also
does not really listen to IDM or dnb exclaim (when I played him Hard
Normal Daddy) that it was some of the most orginal music he's ever
heard, and that he couldn't beleive it was done in part 'on a
machine/computer'.
Nate
On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Christopher Fahey wrote:
quoted 14 lines The Rare Guy wrote:> The Rare Guy wrote:
> > I tried to do some drum&bass tracks before, but it started sounding all too
> > much like Sqrepshr or AFX so I quit it (drum&bass tracks that is)
>
> Yeah, I once tried Jazz, but I swear everything I played sounded just like
> Thelonious Monk.
>
> I sincerely doubt you "tried to do some drum&bass tracks" and ended up sounding
> like Tom Jenkinson. Not that you weren't good - I have no idea - but if you
> sounded like TJ then you've got some seriously formidable drum skills and bass
> skills and probably should be signed this second.
>
> -CF
>
Nate Harrison
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