[linux-audio-user] composing with trackers

[david]

Rob wrote:
> On Thursday 01 March 2007 17:03, Atte André Jensen wrote:
>> I completely abandoned composing at the computer for exactly
>> that reason. I find it quicker to experiment with everything
>> from melody, harmony, lyrics, modulations to form when at the
>> piano. Also I found that I only make good tunes when playing
>> and *singing* along.
> 
> I do most of my composing when I'm driving nowadays.... it must 
> be the only time when my brain's able to disengage and let the 
> melodies out.  But sometimes I compose while sitting at the 
> piano or with a guitar or bass on my lap.

I prefer a piano, but guitar's OK.

> I can't recall a time when I've been able to compose anything in 
> a computer program, but that was my ex's preferred modus 
> operandi.  He was one of those guys who would rather write sheet 
> music and learn to play it than just sit down and play.  And 
> some of it was actually kinda good, in that sort of Philip 
> Glass, modern classical way.

I can do both, but playing is more a way of getting raw material into 
the computer, where it can be turned into a composition.

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David
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