From artist Sent Thu, Mar 26th 1998, 01:05
From artist Sent Thu, Mar 26th 1998, 01:05
>>:-) ...if tom jenkinson can do what he has done on a boss drum >machine >for sequencing and a 12 bit akai sampler >at this time i would like everyone to open their copy of >'i eat weird things' and look inside... as you can see >he definately has MORE gear than an akai and a drum machine... i don't suppose many people know about the interview with squarepusher which was in the 'how to make a record' supplement in DJ magazine.. lovely photos of tom in his studio and complete equipment list and everything.. i don't have it to hand but if anyone's bothered i'll copy down the interesting bits. he claims to have programmed the rephlex and warp lps on a boss drum machine, i think it's a dr660. which is pretty amazing if it's true. uses a fostex 8-track reel machine and a 707 for sync. and his sampler has half a meg in it. >...anyway, there is only so much that can be done with a piece >of gear... and new technology makes new ideas possible. witness the arrival of virtual 60's modular analogue synths >>with more expensive, and more complex equipment, you can obviously >>achieve a wider variety of sonic delights and other such things. but >is >this all that is important about music? >well its not ALL that's important... but what fun would it >be if every label put shit done on mario paint. well ok, but what kind of music scene would we have if only rich people could afford to make it? >>>Agreed, club tunes have to have a crowd pleasing element >>the whole world is a club, your living room is a club, the street >outside >a 'club' is a club in exactly the same way, so there is no such >thing as >'club music' in the way you put it. >huh? last time i looked, no one charged me an entrance fee >for going out... :-) (and i didn't have to wait 2 fucking hours in >line either!!!) well you know what i mean, a 'club' is a place where people interact socially and have an experience. on that level it is no different than any other place where people meet or gather. >>if you can't 'do it' on a simple setup, what is there to say >>that by simply piling up the gear, piling up the options, piling up the >>sounds, is going to make your music worthwhile? nothing! >okay man. you go and buy yourself that ol' nintendo and mario paint >and go write us some hits! i've done stuff on lower technology than that. a lot lower. i'm not saying it's /good/ but that was my fault, not the tools involved >>i don't respect any musicians. i just love pieces of music and try to >>forget that mere musicians actually made them. cos musicians are >really >pathetic people on the whole! >heh heh, you've just managed to insult more than half the >subscribers of this list in one sentence... (i however perfer to >call myself an artist! :-) ) me too! i suppose i meant to say 'pretty pathetic' which is a somewhat lighter damnation <waves> np - on the run again - the cape