Man, I love this kind of "shop" talk. I wish there was more of it on the list. Note to self : load those old strand/delsin EP's onto the ipod and get back in the groove.
Cheers, lrh -----Original Message----- From: Brian Boyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: (313) Re: Strand on MySpace - Hear complete "Intact" sample Fair enough. Well, there's always next time to blow your wig back. I'm just happy you had the moxy to be honest. It's all subjective and we may totally disagree with an opinion, but it's interesting to see how differently people will respond to the same stimulus. At least, I find it interesting. Maybe I shouldn't speak for Brian and Kech. Boyer On Nov 7, 2006, at 10:01 AM, Tristan Watkins wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Boyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 1:55 PM > Subject: (313) Re: Strand on MySpace - Hear complete "Intact" sample > > >> Now that's what I'm talking about. Thanks for the comments. I, for >> one, have been pretty lazy when it comes to beats in the past, which >> I thought was odd because I'm a pretty good drummer. The drums don't >> change in "Intact" and I can see how that might be a sticking point >> for some people. It is for me in a lot of instances, especially in >> the music we're working on now. However, it doesn't bother me in this >> case because the rest of the song changes so much melodically. >> "Intact", in general, is supposed to be reminiscent of an older style >> and feel. Kind of a minimal track with a classic Detroit stringiness >> to it. > > Well I think it definitely works in that regard, and is reminiscent of > the older style, when techno was so similar to house, and both had > similar arrangements. A great example of this is TP's 'Your Love', > which has the same beat unchanging throughout, and he even pushes out > the repitition to 16 bar loops for most of the track, but it's such a > hook that it carries you with it anyway. With that track I always > wished there had been another version, because I've always thought it > worked despite the arrangement, not because of it. That's pretty much > how I feel about Intact too. > > Tristan > ======= > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk
