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From:
Peter Baustaedter
To:
Stephen Oldmeadow
Cc:
'idm@hyperreal.org'
Date:
Tue, 19 May 1998 19:58:54 -1000
Subject:
Re: (idm) How music is made
Msg-Id:
<3562710D.53AE1E64@squareusa.com>
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Stephen Oldmeadow wrote:
quoted 35 lines On 05/19/98 20:16:56 thatcat wrote:> > > > >On 05/19/98 20:16:56 thatcat wrote: > > > >>it is far easier to record a keyboard part into a sequencer than to > >>step-enter or >otherwise program the notes. > >>now, i'm not saying that ae are recording everything live at once, obviously > >>they >are recording many tracks of things into the sequencer and editing. > >>but unless ae >are doing something far different (and far more tedious) than > >>other musicians, it >all starts with playing live keyboard parts into the > >>sequencer. > > I find these statements a gross generalisation. I have no idea how > Autechre make music but I personally program 80% and play 20%. I find > it much easier to program drum and bass parts than play them. Only once > I had a rhythmic and melodic framework would I start "jamming" over the > top. > > I find that when I'm programming I tend to be more experimental whereas > when I "jam" for ideas I tend to fall into the same patterns. I > certainly don't find programming tedious (maybe its because I work as a > computer programmer). I use a programming language to make my task > easier and am able to generate things I could never play. > > I get offended by people that think music is somehow worth less if it is > entirely programmed. At the end of the day all that should matter is > what it sounds like. > > What about other musicians on the list, how do you make music? > > I wrote this reply because I wouldn't want anyone on the list who was > contemplating making music thinking they had to be able to play > keyboards to do anything worthwhile. > > Steve
I agree with you Steve. And some things can only be 'programmed', and not recorded into a sequencer. The whole idm-concept is partly based on tracks that can't be done 'live' - and I like that. But I think I'm stating the obvious here. And wether recorded, programmed, scanned (?), beamed (??) or by accident (!) - I think it doesn't matter. If people dig what they hear/play/do everything should be allowed ... P.