24 Jul
2007
24 Jul
'07
8:04 a.m.
On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 11:53 +0200, Florian Schmidt wrote:
On Tuesday 24 July 2007, Jan Depner wrote:
That is what I would call standard reggae and, in fact, the Alesis
had two reggae type beats of which that was the first. What I was
looking for was closer to the second one that the Alesis offered (which
is the one I used). Actually, what I really wanted was something more
along the lines of "Behind The Veil" from Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop album.
--
Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to
skid in sideways, chardonnay in one hand, chocolate in the other, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming 'WOO HOO, what a ride'"
Here I am, back again. I've added a song to
my site. It's only missing
a few things:
a real drummer
someone who can play bass
someone who can sing
an entire band that really knows how to play reggae
You know, just a few things ;-) This is more a proof of concept than
anything else. It's really all about the story (which is on the site).
For those interested, the implements of destruction are:
Home-made guitar ;-)
Roland GR-9 guitar synth (organ)
Mesa Boogie Maverick Dual Rectifier 212
Digitech RP250
Blue Ball mic
ESP 854 bass through an Art Pro Channel
Alesis SR-16
http://www.thecfband.com/Bio/MyMusic/MyMusic.html
Oh, the name of the song is "Joe Black" (ya gotta read the story to
understand).
It sounds ok. But one important tip about reggae. The rhythm is mostly a so
called "one drop" which means that the 1 is not emphasized. Instead the
emphasis is on the beats 2 and 4 [or on beat 3 depending on how you count]:
time: 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .
guitar: | | | |
kick: | |
A reggae with emphasis/kick on 1 simply doesn't sound right :) Or better: A
reggae with emphasis ONLY on 1 doesn't sound right..
Here's an example of a very simple reggae "riddim" just to illustrate the
point:
http://tapas.affenbande.org/one_drop.ogg