An actual written composition will have all of this literally laid out including dynamics, accents, even mood (usually written in latin). and assemble our musical piece into a solid structure. We take the components we’ve learned about in previous blogs, like 1/4 notes, 1/8 notes, measures, time signature, etc. What makes these albums so epic? (besides actual good musicianship) Composition!Ĭomposition is the actual nuts and bolts structure of the song. Then there are albums that come out that are mind-blowing, and steps above the norm. This is what most people are exposed to and accept. Though admittedly, there are many people who have little understanding of music that create and release “songs” to the masses. It would be a total wreck! The same goes for music.
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One can’t just learn how to hammer a nail, and then try to make a boat. Can’t I just put these two beats together and call it a day? Just like with anything, one must truly comprehend it, integrate it, and then apply it. I have created similar effects but everytime i hear someone using an amen i notice its a little different! Do you mind explaining what you did to this particular amen.Understanding all of the parts that go into making music can seem like a daunting task. If squarepusher isn't the perfect name for a pianoroll editor fiend, I don't know what is. and go mad with the ctrl+1, ctrl+2, ctrl+3 when editing - maybe even turn off the grid and slide tings around a bit. Good kits, wide variety of hits and fills, etc. Look for jazz drum solos or classic drum wizard solos like buddy rich, etc. It's an amen loop, so that's a crutch of sorts, but you could get similar results from most any loop or group of hits - the more character the source samples have, the more to be fuddled with. It repeats, so it's not all that impressive, but I like it as a quick example of drum sequencing in live (and a decently laid out breakbeat) - it could be done with simpler and a filter with automation. Slowjum on my myspace page here around the 1:30 mark has something that took about 30 min. but he wouldnt be the only one, drum & bass breaks were often sampled from old jazz stuff.īstalz wrote:You can definitely achieve similar results with sequencing and fiddling in piano roll - and you can do it in live. On the topic of drum programming he said (i'm paraphrasing here) that he initially tried to recreate 'real' drumming with his (unspecified) drummachine, but quickly decided to do stuff that couldnt be recreated by a real drummer.hence his beats sound so dope, and have us all mystified.long story short, he programs the drums.Įdit: and may have taken drum hits from jazz records. Theres a playlist of squarepusher interviews and two live performances (playing the bass over sequenced/recorded stuff) on youtube, sorry lost the link - its probably easy to find. he used it for doing granular stuff, of course.heh. I know he used a Boss drum unit of some nature - one of those cheapo things aimed at guitarists for some kind of simple drums to play along to.but that could be when he was just starting out, it was mentioned in an anecdote style. No he didnt play them, he programmed them but I dont know on what.
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