14 Apr
2008
14 Apr
'08
2:31 p.m.
:-)
Oh...
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:29 PM, drew Roberts <zotz(a)100jamz.com> wrote:
On Monday 14 April 2008 11:36, Christopher Stamper
wrote:
--
Christopher Stamper
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What's MMA??
Probably:
http://www.mellowood.ca/mma/
Musical MIDI Accompaniment
(Dumb question?? I hope not...)
drew
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Bob van der Poel <bob(a)mellowood.ca>
wrote:
> First off, thanks for taking time to listen.
I truly appreciate that.
>
> > I just listened to the demos on your side. I like the saxophone,
> > itsounds really warm. But the rest of the sounds is too MIDI for my
>
> Funny that things sound too MIDI :) After all, it is just that. I
guess
> that I could take that as a criticism, but
honestly this record is
more
> a demo of how easy it is to create
"acceptable" backgrounds with MMA.
> Well, that what it started out as. I really do know crap about mixing
> and audio. I do know what I like to listen to, and play. And, yes, I
> agree that a lot of the tracks are a bit mechanical.
>
> > taste. I think even with free software and free sounds you could
have
> > found a nicer piano and nicer drums.
Also especially in
Wynndel-waltz
> > the ride is played a bit too MIDI-like
in a few places.
>
> Okay. Too midi-like? Does this mean too mechanical?
>
> > Even though the songs are simple little tunes, for dancing, you
did
> > yourself harm with the sound-selection.
I know this sounds hard,
> > especially, when I read, that it took you so long to get this CD
done.
>
> You read too closely the words. I really did not work on this record
for
> 40 years :) But, I have been playing for at
least that long (not sax,
> but that is another story).
>
> > BUT: perhaps you will get back to a few of your tunes or start
another
> > CD, from which I definitely
wouldn't discourage you, and then you
can
> > just take care of the sounds. Probably
even invest a little in
either a
> > few samples or some synth-module.
I'd hope so. And I hope, that
you're
> > not too sad about tis answer.
>
> Heck no. Not sad at all.
>
> I do find it very difficult to hear the things you talk about.
>
> The crappy piano sounds on a $20 synth sound to me like "piano
sounds".
> The old piano at the school sounds like a
piano. The grand at the
> concert hall sounds like a piano. Do they sound different? Sure. Is
one
> sound more clear, more vibrant,
"better". Sure. Does it matter? Not to
> my ears. I listen to the music. What the musician is putting into the
> song. The interpretation (which is the stuff that I think is lacking
> from my own playing, even after all these years). The melody, etc.
>
> I listen to a lot of the so-called modern music and the pure sounds
and
> wonderful mixes and I just don't get it.
Sure, the audio is wonderful
> ... but that's about it. And don't get me started ranting about a lot
of
> the radio we are subjected to each day.
>
> Oppps, I'm ranting ... and it might even sound like I'm trying to
> justify or defend my little project. Sorry, that's not the intention.
>
> I'd like to redo the album some day with a live band in a real studio.
> Ahh, such are dreams. I live in a little community where the only
> popular music is playing on old guitars which are capable of only 3 or
4
> chords :)
>
> Again, thanks for listening.
>
>
> --
> Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
> EMAIL: bob(a)mellowood.ca
> WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca
>
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