Pics of the original vinyl from the early '80s: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanjunell/348052866
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Kevin Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > All of the edits I've done (and frankly I can only speak to my own > philosophy on this) have been kind of personal. I wanted to do > Kraftwerk's Hall of Mirrors and re-vision it as a near tech-house > groove...I wanted to see if I could make a song by The System sound > like an industrial track...I wanted to make a cheesy rock song like > 'love is like oxygen' a stomper. All of the edits I've done have my > personality built into them, they have many of my signatures: drum > programming, new or reworked basslines, etc. > > I did these things not to 'improve' them, as they were strong > tracks to begin with and tracks I liked to start out with. I did them > in MY style-creating something for my own DJ sets and the like. > > I really don't know why others do edits (money, power, respect?) > however I to this point had not done any...most of this has been > practice for remixing for me. > > And yes, Abelton Live is a GREAT program for mangling and > re-arranging loops and samples. The key is the creativity of the user > with the tool...a chisel in a sculptor's hands rather than in the > hands of an auto tech I guess. > > And, sadly, there are so many things now that are released that DON'T > make the cut. Most are available on mp3. With that, I say...vote > with your feet. > > > I've had a gift of time to do something I've not done before, > and it seems to be paying dividends...you'll hear about it soon! > > Cheers listers! > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:44 AM, David Powers <[email protected]> wrote: >> Meant to say: "life is too SHORT to waste time..." etc. >> >> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:43 AM, David Powers <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Yeah, I mean I don't really listen all these edits, but if 1 minute of >>> cheese ruins 5 minutes of genius, what's wrong with improving it? That >>> said, I personally don't have time for such shenanigans, there are so >>> many good records out there already, life is too to waste time editing >>> ones that don't quite make the cut... >>> >>> Actually it's funny how many records aren't quite there, but would be >>> good if they just didn't have that one horrible sample or hit running >>> over top of things ruining them... >>> >>> ~David >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:29 AM, kent williams <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> If the original was good on its own terms, you don't improve it by >>>> editing it. There's a bazillion 'disco edits' right now, and they >>>> bother me because they take something with its own internal pace and >>>> flow, and fit it to the procrustean bed of DJ expediency. And >>>> usually, to fit the ADD no-soul mixing style of DJs who can't tell >>>> fake funk from real. >>>> >>>> The point being, it's great to sample but add something new, make it >>>> your own, be original with it. Just because Ableton Live makes it easy >>>> to chop tracks to pieces doesn't make it right. It's akin to >>>> bowdlerizing Shakespeare. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:12 AM, David Powers <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> What difference does "being true to the original make?" >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > > > > -- > fbk > > sleepengineering/absoloop US >
