Agreed...
>From: "daze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: The Golden Rule (yawn)... >Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 18:56:52 +0100 > >a good tune is a good >tune..........................................regardless. > > > > > >there are no rules. > >[let alone golden ones] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 6:16 PM > Subject: [dnb-prod] The Golden Rule (yawn)... > > > In a message dated 4/4/02 9:35:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > is it really the golden rule to have to mash and filter sounds beyond >recognition ? the compilation CDs i bought last week are like a homage to >the Roland JV1080 pre-sets. Now thats lazy !!!! yet these guys are signed >and released by Beechwood music . > > > Here he goes again, drawing attention to himself by capitilizing the >subject line. I need therapy. Its just that this point needs to be made >to the newbies who always want simple, easy answers to things: > > THE GOLDEN RULE IS TO PUT WORK INTO YOUR TRACK. > > You can certainly make a good track with a sample ripped straight off a >sample CD, but if the sample is recognizable (which it WILL be if taken off >a DRUM N BASS SAMPLE CD), then the label head (and us) will expect that you >pick up the slack elsewhere. Since we are ALL EXPECTED TO PAY OUR DUES, >We/They will ask "where did the work go into this thing"? (some of you >might recognize that one <strokes hand through hair>). Now big-name >producers, they have PAID their dues, which is why they have permission to >make simple dancefloor rollers. Some of you seem to think thats not fair, >but quite the contrary- its nothing BUT fair. Mind you, 90% of those >filler tracks SUCK, but thats another story... > > So if you think your a good enough producer to rip a break straight off >the Reinforced CD and turn it into some hot shit, then by all means go >ahead. I can assure you anyone who hears the break come in in the first 16 >bars will have a smirk on their face, at least until you blow their minds >in the 64th bar with the sickest, most intense drop imaginable (oooh boy- >it better be goooodd if you hand it to Reinforced themselves!). Me, I'm not >that good yet, so I'll be writing my own breaks and sampling stuff that >doesnt scream, "I Did Nothing But Sample This"..... > > :) --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--- >Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk >You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
