16 May
2005
16 May
'05
4:58 p.m.
Hi Steve. Don't let it worry you man. I like beats (dance tracks), but I
really enjoyed listening to the jazz influence in your track. Keep on with
the good work. Nigel.
On Monday 16 May 2005 15:47, Steve D wrote:
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 08:07:52AM +0100,
james(a)dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
On Sun, 15 May, 2005 at 06:04PM -0600, Steve D
spake thus:
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Drums are a real weak spot with me. I have a good sense of rhythm and I
always wanted to be a drummer instead of a keyboard player (but my mom
and dad forced me to take piano lessons). I love Hydrogen but I always
feel that if I were to try to add a drum part it would sound
ultra-cheesy and unrealistic.
On the other hand, I feel that if I were to START with a drum part, it's
metronomic nature would restrict or prevent more fluid, expressive
tempos for the rest of the parts of the music. In a live band (I was a
professional musician for about a dozen years), the drummer and ensemble
are all in "psychological sync" in a way, so that the tempo fluctuations
sound "tight" and realistic, yet human and variable. That seems hard to
achieve using software percussion tools (or maybe I just feel daunted
without really looking into the problem and finding solutions).
One of these days I need to just bite the bullet and really try to learn
to create OK drum parts, OR, collaborate with someone on the Internet on
a piece or pieces, using an exchange of MIDI and audio files.
I really like the idea of musicians who are remote from each other (I
live in a very rural region of eastern New Mexico, US) being able to
work together via the Internet to create finished music tracks.
Anyway, thanks for your comment James. ;-) Best wishes and happy
music-making,
-Steve D Herky-Jerk (OGG audio file, 3.4MB)
http://www.xscd.com/pub/music/herky-jerk.ogg
-Steve D, New Mexico US
I like that. Can I request a beat, though? This is just the kind of
thing I like to bop my head to while I'm in the house.