From Roy G Biv Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 16:53
From Roy G Biv Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 16:53
-- i'l have to agree that if you are looking for melodic development, idm may not be the richest source. but why can't we expect more than "puny drifting three note minor chord whooshes" from idm makers. since most of them use midi, they are not limited by how well they can play but by their imaginations (and by how lazy they are). i feel like maybe idmers will spend days programming their beats and then 5 minutes on their melodies/melodic development/etc because they think beats and noises are cool and melodies are not. i like complex beats as much as anybody but i'm ready for a melodic revolution in the idm community. even when there are musical parts, usullay it's limited. someone was describing autchre's songs as A/A, how about some A/B/C/D style shit. i'm ready, how come the music makers aren't? (actually check 'maphive 6.1' on ep7 for a break from the mold. very sweet!) peace-roy On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:36:39 Vague Terrain wrote: >If the complaint is "Why isn't IDM melodically rich enough?", I would >suggest that, if melody is really the *primary* thing you are looking for, >why not try Burt Bacharach, Mahler, Van Dyke Parks, Bach, etc.? Why not >check out people who are actually talented at writing complex melodic >music, not just puny drifting three note minor chord whooshes? Seriously, >if you listen to even a prosaic Broadway standard like "Baubles, Bangles, >and Beads", you will hear more intricate bridges, shifts in tempo, strange >chords, and multi-layered melodic information than you will hear in your >standard IDM track- not to say that therefore they should listen to >Broadway instead of the latest Schematic 12", but people who think IDM is >"the most complex music" really ought to check out other sections of the >record store before they pat themselves on the back again for being so >"deep". . . > >Drew > > > Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com