2013-10-06 Ken Restivo <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:23:30AM +0200, Julien Claassen wrote: >> Hello Ken! >> Nice tracks. Not my top five out of your tracks, but definitely >> nice. :-) I like both titles very much though. They convey something >> eccentric and slightly nerdy. :-) > > They were experiments. Glad you liked them though. > >> I didn't start on the right foot with breakfast at 1. I thought: >> why 808, why not 909? This question however was answered quickly, >> when the Rhodes joined the funfair. Nice touch that! In combination >> with the Rhodes, the 808 made much more sense to me. It left the >> piano more space to breathe and roominate. I love those funky/jazzy >> reminiscences. Something I can never pull off, as well as you can. >> No rock 'n' role and no funk. :-) Nice little track! > > I looked at the Hydrogen file; it's actually a TR-606. Cheez-o-rama. > And it's in 7/4. Of course. > >> Allure oddmeter, did hold a slight allure. Unfortunately something >> had to be steady in this song and the poor old drumtrack had to >> suffer that dubious pleasure. :-( If that had been replaced with a >> real drummer or a drumkit of any sort played live or programmed in >> interesting and twisted ways, this would have been on its way to a >> smash-hit. :-) Oddly though, I didn't find the 9/4 too confusing. >> Perhaps I didn't always follow the twists and turns of the bassline, >> but it felt comfrotable to listen to. Enough so, tht I could enjoy >> the mean basslines. Not as predominant and pregnant, as I've heard >> them in some of your other songs, but it was there. While listening >> and discovering the acoustic piano, I started thinking, that one >> could probably have fun with this piece, writing an analysis of the >> composer's intentions. So many events and twists, for such a small >> arrangement and that style of music, that one could assign to >> underlying themes, desires and messages of the author. :-) Coming >> back into the non-fictional world, those ongoings are, what makes >> this piece interesting, in spite of the looped drums. > > It was me exploring my Dosh obsession-- before I'd ever heard of Dosh. > > Odd meters in shifting synchronization, kind of like if Steve Reich > and the minimalists came from a more African than European background. > My old drummer called it "windsheild wiper music", as in, when two > windsheild wipers on a car with two wiper motors drift in and out > of sync. > > It was just a rough sketch. The mix would need more pads and stuff, > and the arrangement would need to go somewhere; it's too static. > >> May I finish this with a wish: do more housekeeping and cleaning, >> perhaps you'll find more. :-) I will hope for the best and leave you >> to being prepared for the worst. - Honestly: both of them nice, >> sturdy tracks, not catchy, but catching. > > Thanks. I don't think there's too much more left in there, but > I'll keep looking. > > -ken > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user I concur with Julien: keep cleaning music... all of you! Are these like scratched ideas to improve later or a kind of impro session to see what happens? I guess both in a way. Thanks for sharing, as always, Ken. -- Carlos sanchiavedraz * Musix GNU+Linux http://www.musix.es _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
