From david turgeon Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 16:14
From david turgeon Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 16:14
xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote: > I don't see why everyone's so hysterical about tunes. There seems to be some > sugestion that the tune (ie the order of frequencies of sound waves) is in > some way 'primary', and that the rhythms underneath it, the type of sound > used, the degree of dsp buggery and so on are just decorations. I'm one of the things that listening to the schematic stuff did to me is to be wayyyy more critical with the beats i listen to. nowadays i laugh at overly simplistic beats, unless they're _really_ groovy. (& even then!) so i would tend to agree on you there. however, not liking a song because it doesn't have enough of a tune is merely a matter of taste, so i don't see any reason to either champion or criticize it. but as far as schematic beats go... some bore me, but some are quite nice &, in a sense, 'melodic'. you also have to take into account that in most people's minds (mine included), beat supports melody, not the other way around. we might eventually get accustomed to a different way of doing it, but in the meantime, well, percussion hits, & tones bring melody. it'll take a while to change that. -- david