Maybe it's fine time to start understanding the there are artists whose bread and butter is "composed" music and there are artists whose bread and butter is "remixes", and there are artists who do both.
To me any track that uses a loop for the basis of the track is a "remix" not an original. Someone who does a very good job of "remixing" and "composing" would be someone like Rick Wade, or Theo Parrish, someone who does a good job of "composing" would be Brett Dancer, or Drexciya, someone who does a great job of "Remixing" would be Sneak, or say the "Variations" series. - Giles D I G I T A S // B O S T O N -- Giles Dickerson Art Director 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199 -- mobile 617 899 9635 office 617 369 8601 > ---------- > From: Matthew MacQueen > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:06 AM > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Cc: Sean Creen > Subject: RE: [313] FWD: Letter from Daniel Bell > > > Just had a listen to Wink's track and it is a pretty straight rip-off of > > Phreak. > > Agreed. > > > Its kind of a shame that Dan spent so much of his letter going into the > > history between himself and Josh Wink and drawing strained parallels between > > other tracks because, is this new case, he's definitely got a strong point > > which could have stood on its own. > > I do see what you mean, but on the other hand I think when you add up all > Winks behaviors thru the years towards DBX it sounds more like he was > actually like 'stalking' his tracks, (I realize that's a bit overdramatic but > bear with me here)... they way he was calling or almost 'warning' Dan let me > him know he was releasing that were very similar... you gotta admit the > cumulative effect of that is pretty darn weird. Those who are artists on > this list, what if someone kept doing that to you? After awhile it would > just go from mildly flattering to annoying to downright creepy. > > That whole Lil Louis/Wink "french kiss/hows your evening so far" story -- I > mean that's an extremely derivative track, it's basically a remix. (OK well > not as derivative as what the Dance Mania artists were doing to each other > back in their heyday, anyone?) but to think he didn't want to give credit > where it was due with even THAT track... > > For comparision: When Carl Craig (as Paperclip People) did a track that > lifted the signature line from of E2-E4, and he not only credited Gottsching > as original artist but actually TITLED the track "Remake". > > (And in an semi-related note I had just about forever shunned that track > 'higher state of consciousness' from my memory until Phred just mentioned it! > Arrr ;) > > Peace, > Matt MacQueen > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
