Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote:
On 3/27/07, David Powers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
First of all, your argument was about whether things were intuitive.
Now you are saying it doesn't matter if things are intuitive. But it
does matter because I can spend MORE TIME MAKING MUSIC and less time
doing setup and unimportant technical stuff. So that kick ass riff, is
gonna kick more ass, cus I could focus more on it.
but it is the ONLY thing that you should be focusing on! if you have a
101, there is nothing to do to get that riff except push a couple
knobs and then play it. doing the same thing on a computer involves
alot more. maybe if people took a more traditional approach to song
writing, it would solve these problems. sit there with a guitar or
piano and come up with your melodies. then sit there with a drum set
and come up with the rhythms. rely on ZERO technology, and make the
important decisions. then go through the process of integrating the
technology into the song. keep the songwriting and engineering aspects
separate. just about no one does that in electronic music.
I was reading an interview with gary numan I think, and he said he's
always done that. Write the whole thing on a piano first before touching
any other piece of equipment. All I know of him is 'cars' though... if
anyone knows his stuff maybe they can hear how he works in the music...
