Message 8/19
Date: 30-Nov-99 @ 03:14 AM -
RE: 7/8 sequencing?
Mr.Soma.
Be glad you are a drummer. Percussion is the most important part of Dance music...
My collaborator is a Hand-drummer...Djembe, Tablas, Bongos, anything...
He's always pushing MY envelope....
He's like "make the cowbell go ratah tat tatah tatah tat"
and I'm like "1.0, 1.24, 1.72, 2.48," etc....
A good drummer thinks with his soul while guys like me (crappy garage bass guitarist) think music in numbers and gate times, velocities, decay time. I find House music to be very difficult, while Techno comes easy...so....if that tells you anything....
(We just made a cheesy ass latin house track today... I spent twenty minutes finding the right Conga noise because he didn't like any of them... I'm like "this is a real one, this is a real one"
He's like "I like THAT one"
I'm like "THAT one is synthesized!!!"
oh well....ratatat tat puh diddly boppity rata tat tat.