Yeah, I mean I don't really listen all these edits, but if 1 minute of cheese ruins 5 minutes of genius, what's wrong with improving it? That said, I personally don't have time for such shenanigans, there are so many good records out there already, life is too to waste time editing ones that don't quite make the cut...
Actually it's funny how many records aren't quite there, but would be good if they just didn't have that one horrible sample or hit running over top of things ruining them... ~David On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:29 AM, kent williams <chaircrus...@gmail.com> wrote: > If the original was good on its own terms, you don't improve it by > editing it. There's a bazillion 'disco edits' right now, and they > bother me because they take something with its own internal pace and > flow, and fit it to the procrustean bed of DJ expediency. And > usually, to fit the ADD no-soul mixing style of DJs who can't tell > fake funk from real. > > The point being, it's great to sample but add something new, make it > your own, be original with it. Just because Ableton Live makes it easy > to chop tracks to pieces doesn't make it right. It's akin to > bowdlerizing Shakespeare. > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:12 AM, David Powers <cybo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> What difference does "being true to the original make?" >> >
