From giles.ward Sent Wed, Jun 9th 1999, 17:17
From giles.ward Sent Wed, Jun 9th 1999, 17:17
yeah it's cheating innit?! keep music live! i'm sure this is going to create some friction...but here goes anyways... i've noticed all this discussion regarding the sampling of this certain break...people are complaining about the over abuse of this specific break... this leads to a fairly obivious question... why sample someone else's break? why not do it yourself or synthesize it? hrvatski was commenting that he has a live drummer record tracks, which is excellent... as someone who creates music myself...i hate sampling...i feel no sense of accomplishment by stealing someone elses beat or sound and inserting it into my own work. i even have problems with taking someone else's sound and mutilating it beyond recognition...it's still not my sound... and i've noticed that some of the best (imho) music being created today has a similiar approach...panasonic, ryoji ikeda, oval, etc... of course one can argue that they sample, which they do, however it's a different case...oval is sampling a cd skipping...he's not sampling the music or a piano melody, or a drum line...panasonic uses a sampler only to help in live situations...add an extra pair of hands... then there's stock, hausen and walkman...and that's a different case altogether... i guess what it comes down i'm expressing my dislike for using other peoples breaks and sounds because you don't know how to get that sound, or because it's the easiest way of achieving that sound... -joshua...