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10 from John @ Echoes
APK:
John Diliberto (Echoes) posted these to the Hyperreal group recently.
They are "some thoughts about electronic music".
I kinda liked them, and agree ... except perhaps with the last one. ;)
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1. Hitting the laptop space bar for play is not a live performance.
2. If you’re going for a cheesy sound, you can’t go wrong with saxophone or trumpet patches.
3. Before you create that loop, just consider: How many drone zone CDs do you think anybody really needs?
4. If you aren’t a very good keyboard player, playing a piano or piano patch will only highlight your deficiencies.
5. Does a remix mean you always have to put a thudding dance beat on it?
6. A sample of a complete musical phrase is not your creation.
7. Unless you’re doing something really interesting on top, the same rhythm for 30 minutes is not trance-inducing. It’s just boring.
8. You can modulate the key signature.
9. It’s okay to have some stage presence.
10. There is electronic music after 1978.
drone on:
#3 answer: Infinite. One can never have too many drone-zone CD's. ;D
Julio Di Benedetto:
Agree with them all except #10 as Im not sure what he means ???
#6 is a stand out for me and is so prevalent in the ready made music world we can choice to live in and many do.
Thanks APK for putting this up.
ffcal:
--- Quote from: Julio Di Benedetto on May 12, 2012, 03:58:56 AM ---Agree with them all except #10 as Im not sure what he means ???
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I think that's intended as a little dig at the Berlin School of EM, though just a guess.
Forrest
Julio Di Benedetto:
--- Quote from: ffcal on May 12, 2012, 10:42:46 AM ---
--- Quote from: Julio Di Benedetto on May 12, 2012, 03:58:56 AM ---Agree with them all except #10 as Im not sure what he means ???
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I think that's intended as a little dig at the Berlin School of EM, though just a guess.
Forrest
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Good interpretation Forrest
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