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swamay wrote:
quoted 14 lines If you're not using technology developed within the last 6 months,>
> > > > If you're not using technology developed within the last 6 months,
> > >you're
> > > > a reflection of the past. Please, if you have a serious dedication
> > >towards
> > > > forwarding electronic music technology, don't use any synthesizers
> > or
> > > > samplers.
>
> We both meant "hardware" synths and samplers. We use DSP or a hybrid of
> hard/software.
> using an ASR-10 or a KORG keyboard is a bit overreated. they dont do much
> anymore.
> We make "samplers" or "synths" on the computer now a days.
who wants to lug a computer to a gig????
also, I like knobs!!!! the simpler the better... who needs more than a
few waveforms, a couple envelopes and a couple of LFOs???? WHY?????
Have you ever considered that maybe the problem isn't that you don't
have enough new gadgets, but that you just lack talent????
New sound and gadget obsession is not a sign of musical innovation, it
is a sign of boredom and boringness and means you are probably just a
sound designer who wishes he was a musician. SOund designers get paid
big bucks in hollywood to do special effects in sci-fi movies... Why not
go get a job in hollywood and you will be more successful than 99.99% of
all musicians out there....
quoted 8 lines So once the album is over 6 months old its not relevant any more because>
> >So once the album is over 6 months old its not relevant any more because
> the
> > technology is "old"!!!
>
> No an album made in the past 6 months does not get dissed. But using the
> "standard" off the shelf gear to make that album does.
> Thats what i mean by be an innovator.
ok so before you have even heard my album, the fact that I am using a
Nord, my guitar, a sampler and some effects already eliminates it from
consideration? man.... WOW you are just too much!
quoted 4 lines But course there are those musicians that will always use the same old gear,> But course there are those musicians that will always use the same old gear,
> because that is what they are comfortable with, and have no desire to move
> forward with new gear. And also dont want to go throught the learning
> curve.
or because the fall in love with a particular instrument and it always
goes beyond their wildest dreams in satisfying their needs and they have
no reason to look elsewhere?
quoted 4 lines I think most musicians have made a rep with the gear they have, and fear>
> I think most musicians have made a rep with the gear they have, and fear
> rejection if their style changes in the slightest, due to new unfamiliar
> gear they are using.
I think you must be smoking crack. Most musicians with any integrity
care not one iota about their "rep" and will use whatever tools are
necessary to accomplish the task at hand.... If you need a piano sound,
use a piano. If you need a rhodes keyboard sound, use one of those, if
you need a psychedelic synth sound, what's wrong with a Nord or even an
old MOOG or something?
no hard feelings man, I just think you have a very unique taste or that
your style and taste is maybe going through a phase that I think we have
all been through where you focus on originality at all costs. In other
words, originality is all that matters, so just because no one else has
done it before or it's new makes it great... Well, I went through that
phase and then I realized that nothing is really ever new anyway, we all
recycle our influences, and originality is great, but only when combined
with quality, which implies the ability to communicate emotions and
ideas through music, some of which are timeless and old and others are
new... you have to be able to combine all of the forces together to
achieve greatness...
in my humble opinion.....
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