From Brock Suter Sent Sun, May 23rd 1999, 22:46
From Brock Suter Sent Sun, May 23rd 1999, 22:46
xxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xxx wrote: > On 05/23/99 16:44:14 you wrote: > > >Well, if he (R.H.) wrote all the tracks, what merit does that leave to Sven > >Vaeth? :) > > Um very little... to quote Ralf out of Trance Europe Express "As a musician > he's not playing or programming anything but he knows how to communicate with > me and I know what he needs if he has ideas." That was like five years > ago, maybe he's learned how to use a groovebox or something since then ;) Although the concept of an 'engineer' is standard in the rest of the music industry, few people realize that many of the more visible acts/names are not the ones who actually wrote/programmed/mixed the tunes they are so famous for. This is especially true in the London Drum and Bass scene. It is common practice for a dj to team up with an engineer for a session, knock out a track in a night and put it out under the name of the DJ because he or she is the one that the punters will recognize. In the early days, it wasn't really talked about and most people didn't know, but things are starting to change with the engineer getting full title credit and respect due. It might sound like all this is downplaying the part the 'name' played but this isn't the case. Often a dj will have a better understanding of what will and won't work on a dance floor and can guide the engineer into making a more focused track. Even though the engineer is the one doing the actual mechanics of making the tune, others may bring samples, ideas, weed, etc. to the session. It's called collaboration, albeit a lopsided one. word to the mothership, brock