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This letter containing a draft for Dogme 95 audio production was sent to the Dogme 95 people. Actually, this sounds a lot like the "shitty is pretty" policy used by some neo-funk bands. ---> jab | commie | http://commie.oy.com "Less is moo." - The Holy Mad Cow http://www.holymadcow.org > > Dear Sir or Madam, > > I have read the Dogme 95 manifesto with great interest and > have watched a > few of the films made under the vow of chastity and am > intrigued. However, I > am not a filmmaker but an audio engineer by trade. I feel > that the music > industry is stagnating much like the film industry and I > think that Dogme > 95, with a few simple revisions, could and should be applied > to the audio > industry. > > Gone are the days when the innovation came from the musician and his > instrument. Now, the producers of the world would rather use > special effects > which automatically tune a voice, samples of others' music and so on. > Because of this, I have adapted the vow of chastity for audio > purposes. I > would love to know your thoughts on it: > > 1. Recording must be done either on location or in a single > studio room. No > instruments or other equipment may be brought in after the > musicians and > their initial equipment have arrived. Isolation booths may > not be used. > > 2. The sound must always come from the musician's instruments only. No > overdubbing, adding new musicians or sampling of other > musicians' works. > > 3. The sound must be generated by the musicians only. No > external equipment > may be used. Any audio effects must be provided by and > controlled by the > musicians. > > 4. The music must be recorded in stereo. > > 5. Audio modelling tools such as 5.1 surround-sound designers > are forbidden. > > 6. The music must belong to the musicians. No covers or > adaptations are > allowed unless the song is an established folk work. > > 7. Temporal and geographical alienation are forbidden. That > is to say that > the recording takes place here and now in a LIVE take with > ALL musicians > playing at the same time whenever they are being recorded. No > individual > takes are allowed. > > 8. The multitrack tape shall not be used. All channels shall > be mixed down > to a live two-track stereo mix. > > 9. The audio format must be CD standard: 44,100 and 16 bit. > > 10. The producer must not be credited. > > Sincerely, > > Daniel J. Geduld?
