> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Boyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 November 2006 23:15 > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (313) Re: Strand on MySpace - Hear complete > "Intact" sample > > On further reflection, I think the older style of 4/8/16 bar > chunks had a lot to do with the way hardware drum machines > and sequencers were designed back then. Everything was in > multiples of four and it was so easy to fall into a pattern > (pun only slightly intended) of writing and arranging songs. > Even today, software emulations of classic analog gear follow > this same paradigm. Besides, I'm pretty sure human beings > naturally synchronize to multiples of 4, especially for dance music. > Waltzes, which are also dance music, are in 3/4 time (3 > quarter notes per measure), but many of the most popular ones > have a theme that repeats or changes after some multiple of > 4. Modern software sequencers are less restrictive and don't > scream 4x right out of the box. I think most songs that > hearken back to the good ol' days of techno will have that > chunky feel for authenticity, whether it's intentional or > not. I see it as being the same as the 12 bar Blues. If you > want that classic Blues feel, you stick to the 12 bar formula.
Totally, and I think it applies to the good ol' days of house as just as much. Lots of the old Larry Heard, Wayne Gardiner, MK, etc stuff was really chunky and rigid. Seems to me 'Can You Feel It' serves as a blueprint for techno more than most things, and that's chunky and rigid as hell! Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.13.24/514 - Release Date: 02/11/2006 17:15
