The only thing wrong with fruityloops is its name.
I've torn across just about every piece of software
and none come close to what fruityloops can do for
certain aspects of creating music. Of course I don't
have my own studio, but I consider my work to be much
better than most "professional" releases. I'm not at
all full of myself when I say this, but rather direct
in what I want in composition. I think that's why
many many followers of this genre make their own
music. It is more or less set to a certain level of
"specific taste" and thus attracts a following of
listeners who know exactly what they want from music.
Couple this with the availability of a slew of music
making tools available to the average computer user
[of this nature] and anyone can really become involved
in their own music collection. Rebuild the music of
others they find so appealing, and, with the help of a
good sound editor, with the same quality.
This of it this way: if a group of people are trying
to model, say, Black Sabbath, what are the odds that
their garage demo will hold the same "sound" of the
real band?
With the technology that is most often necessary to
construct this 'idm', the 'sound' is already lived up
to, by default, and the attention can be entirely
focused on technique and exploring what the composer
individually desires out of their music. I find it to
be a very personal genre. Which brings me [finally]
to my point:
Why do people bother to set up "official" labels to
release this sort of music on? Doesn't it seem like a
tremendous amount of money goes into making everything
official *looking* when the genre, lets face it, isn't
about making money or about image at all? Shit, this
isn't hip-hop here. Big Pimpin? Now I haven't heard
every single one of Fennesz's tracks, but I highly
doubt he ever gives props to his "high rollers" and
"bitches" in between the clicks and bleeps of his
composition. Well, Cex does, but thats really beside
the point. And I read interviews with countless
composers who basically say: "Share it, burn it, mix
it, sample it, enjoy it........just don't claim it as
your own [unless you contribute to it] or profit from
it."
Cdrs, as far as I can tell, contain the same audio
quality as official cd's from a factory ordered by
[insert indie idm label name here] in "250 pressing"
amounts. Does anyone really give a damn if the next
planet mu cd they order has a blue image or a silver
image on its back? Pressed or burned? I don't want
the next electric company release to look pretty or be
packaged like nine inch nails 57th album...ahem,
excuse me, "halo". In the age of cdrs, music releases
can cost about $.50 to create. Sell them for $5.00 or
even $10 at shows, as long as its a solid work, and
make a much more deserved profit. Cover art? Go
release a book. All I really care about are the names
of the tracks on the release.
Thanks for reading.
gzvp
--- Sprek <sprek@soundmangle.com> wrote:
quoted 13 lines "I'm gonna be changing my garage into a studio soon
> "I'm gonna be changing my garage into a studio soon
> so I'll be able to work
> properly and get rid of shit like Fruityloops."
>
> wuts wrong with fruityloops? and if its "shit liek
> fruityloops", why do you
> use it? obvioulsy, there is sometihng you like about
> it, if you use it. Dont
> let the hype bring you down, fruityloops is the
> shit.
>
> sprek:keith
> http://spit.to/onesick
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