Hey Randall, it's an idea, not to be pedantic however but digital wasn't much used in effects in those days, mainly analog. Electricity was the thing, not the old binary code. And to be exact I don't want to sound like Hendrix (except when I'm singing in the shower) but rather I enjoy the challenge of making up music that is original. It sure is a challenge, but hey, that's what makes it worthwhile. I have used digital technologies and recording with sequencers but ultimately found it dull, too much tapping at keyboards and looking at icons on a screen. That's good for some people, not me. That kind of software based modelling is far too easy, it smells of sampling. This is the drawback. It is not in any way a problem to me. There is so much to do, see, touch smell every day. To put that at a distance by jumping on the digital bandwagon seems pointless. This is the seductive nature of it - til we disappear. Ok, where's the fucken drummer... my axe is burning a dull sheen in this twilight.. My fingertips are hard like nails... Simon Ps I love you nettists, you are on the case, in there with the cut n thrust. And never forget, Garrett was strumming an analog keyboard when I first seed him in the post punk days of yesteryear, tartan paintings stuck all over the arnolfini, playing hopscotch with their beautiful minds.
Sent from my iPhone On 4 Mar 2015, at 16:07, Randall Packer <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> "Who would want to convert music into digital information, then back >>>>> again?Š. When I got ancient I tried to play like Barney Kessel meets >>>>> Jimi Hendrix² > > > @Simon: If you want to play like Jimi Hendrix, you need to convert your > music into [electronic] information and then back again. It¹s called > effects processing and Hendrix was the master. > > On 3/3/15, 4:22 PM, "Simon Mclennan" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Who would want to convert music into digital information, then back >> again? Apart from some shopkeeper from Wall Street. Music is fire. Don't >> forget it. iPods do not a fire make. Valves in a Vox AC guitar amp are >> full of fire - sometimes they burst into flames, just as the music itself >> will at times catch alight. >> When I got ancient I tried to play like Barney Kessel meets Jimi Hendrix >> When I got ancient I took selfies of myself in b&w relaxing on the sofa >> in case I might look like a minor or major film actor >> When I got ancient I let my old laptop go slowly into retirement >> When I got ancient I re-listened to Bobby Hutcherson and Elvin Jones - >> imagining playing drums with strimmers >> When I get ancient I'll try to meditate more >> When I got ancient last week I walked about London in a small jacket in >> the rain - walked under railway arches that still exist thank the navvies >> that ate raw onion sandwiches and strummed ukeleles while whistling Kevin >> Barry, sending brown paper parcels tied with twine back to th >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
