Sorry to prolong a boring debate, but I had to say a couple of things...
quoted 5 lines When did I say anything against preprogramed stuff? I said I dislike hearing> When did I say anything against preprogramed stuff? I said I dislike hearing
> a sample looped over and over again and 'pre-programed sampled beats' -
> refering to
> the amount of acid-jazz(and techno) that is nothing but basic chords of other
> people's playing.
No it's not - real acid jazz doesn't rip off other people's music - they're
real musicians who play everything themselves - where have you got this idea
that they sample other people? Just because it's called 'acid' jazz doesn't mean
they use samplers all the time...
quoted 6 lines All live acid jazz bands off the top of my head:> >All live acid jazz bands off the top of my head:
> >Greyboy All-Stars, Brand New Heavies, JT Quartet, Charlie Hunter Trio,
> etc.
> I'm familiar with all of these, and some of it's great! But would you really
> call these
> bands 'acid-jazz' ??
YES! JTQ are on the Acid Jazz label, for fuck's sake!
See ya
Tom Churchill E-mail: tom@chrchfam.demon.co.uk
Electronic DJ and musician