On Dec 31, 2006, at 10:44 AM, Carl Dershem wrote:
Christopher Smith wrote:
On Dec 31, 2006, at 1:20 AM, Carl Dershem wrote:
I played a big band rehearsal a few months back where the leader
had brought in some new music that was written by a neighbor.
The music was brought in as a favor, and the composer was
completely self-trained, and had bought Finale as a help, and
had used the "Rhythm section generator" to create much of the
rhythm section parts (and much of the harmonization in the horn
sections, or at least it souded like it to me). The drum parts
were, to say the least, vastly overwritten.
The composer had obviously misunderstood the purpose of the
Rhythm Section Generator plugin. The plugin is supposed to take a
normally- written part (with slashes, chord symbols and rhythmic
cues) and "realize" it in a way that a player might, FOR PLAYBACK
PURPOSES. You aren't supposed to hand these parts to a player.
Just tell your leader's neighbour to write the slashes and plenty
of cues (both rhythmic and English), and keep the darned plugin-
generated parts at home.
Once we all stopped laughing, that's pretty much what we said. The
leader was happy that he'd done his bit for society, let the
neighbor know what had worked and what didn't, and we cleared our
collective musical palates with some new Chris Walden charts.
And nicely handled, then! I, too, try to give as much of a break
(including constructive criticism) as possible to anyone who puts in
the staggering amount of work necessary to write even a mediocre
work. I didn't get much in the way of jazz instruction when I was
starting out, but fortunately had permission to really suck for a
while until I had worked out what was appropriate and what wasn't. I
try to extend the same courtesy to the music community, as much as it
can be frustrating at times.
Happy new year!
C.
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