Re: [LAU] Music made with Linux

On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 11:53 +0200, Florian Schmidt wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 July 2007, Jan Depner wrote:
> > Here I am, back again. I've added a song to my site. It's only missing
> > a few things:
> >
> > a real drummer
> > someone who can play bass
> > someone who can sing
> > an entire band that really knows how to play reggae
> >
> > You know, just a few things ;-) This is more a proof of concept than
> > anything else. It's really all about the story (which is on the site).
> > For those interested, the implements of destruction are:
> >
> > Home-made guitar ;-)
> > Roland GR-9 guitar synth (organ)
> > Mesa Boogie Maverick Dual Rectifier 212
> > Digitech RP250
> > Blue Ball mic
> > ESP 854 bass through an Art Pro Channel
> > Alesis SR-16
> >
> >
> > http://www.thecfband.com/Bio/MyMusic/MyMusic.html
> >
> >
> > Oh, the name of the song is "Joe Black" (ya gotta read the story to
> > understand).
>
> It sounds ok. But one important tip about reggae. The rhythm is mostly a so
> called "one drop" which means that the 1 is not emphasized. Instead the
> emphasis is on the beats 2 and 4 [or on beat 3 depending on how you count]:
>
> time: 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .
>
> guitar: | | | |
> kick: | |
>
> A reggae with emphasis/kick on 1 simply doesn't sound right :) Or better: A
> reggae with emphasis ONLY on 1 doesn't sound right..
>
> Here's an example of a very simple reggae "riddim" just to illustrate the
> point:
>
> http://tapas.affenbande.org/one_drop.ogg
>

    That is what I would call standard reggae and, in fact, the Alesis
had two reggae type beats of which that was the first. What I was
looking for was closer to the second one that the Alesis offered (which
is the one I used). Actually, what I really wanted was something more
along the lines of "Behind The Veil" from Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop album.

-- 
Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of 
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to 
skid in sideways, chardonnay in one hand, chocolate in the other, body 
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming 'WOO HOO, what a ride'"
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