Re: [LAU] Some music made with linux, from the vaults

2013-10-06 Ken Restivo <ken@email-addr-hidden>:
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:23:30AM +0200, Julien Claassen wrote:
>> Hello Ken!
>> Nice tracks. Not my top five out of your tracks, but definitely
>> nice. :-) I like both titles very much though. They convey something
>> eccentric and slightly nerdy. :-)
>
> They were experiments. Glad you liked them though.
>
>> I didn't start on the right foot with breakfast at 1. I thought:
>> why 808, why not 909? This question however was answered quickly,
>> when the Rhodes joined the funfair. Nice touch that! In combination
>> with the Rhodes, the 808 made much more sense to me. It left the
>> piano more space to breathe and roominate. I love those funky/jazzy
>> reminiscences. Something I can never pull off, as well as you can.
>> No rock 'n' role and no funk. :-) Nice little track!
>
> I looked at the Hydrogen file; it's actually a TR-606. Cheez-o-rama.
> And it's in 7/4. Of course.
>
>> Allure oddmeter, did hold a slight allure. Unfortunately something
>> had to be steady in this song and the poor old drumtrack had to
>> suffer that dubious pleasure. :-( If that had been replaced with a
>> real drummer or a drumkit of any sort played live or programmed in
>> interesting and twisted ways, this would have been on its way to a
>> smash-hit. :-) Oddly though, I didn't find the 9/4 too confusing.
>> Perhaps I didn't always follow the twists and turns of the bassline,
>> but it felt comfrotable to listen to. Enough so, tht I could enjoy
>> the mean basslines. Not as predominant and pregnant, as I've heard
>> them in some of your other songs, but it was there. While listening
>> and discovering the acoustic piano, I started thinking, that one
>> could probably have fun with this piece, writing an analysis of the
>> composer's intentions. So many events and twists, for such a small
>> arrangement and that style of music, that one could assign to
>> underlying themes, desires and messages of the author. :-) Coming
>> back into the non-fictional world, those ongoings are, what makes
>> this piece interesting, in spite of the looped drums.
>
> It was me exploring my Dosh obsession-- before I'd ever heard of Dosh.
>
> Odd meters in shifting synchronization, kind of like if Steve Reich
> and the minimalists came from a more African than European background.
> My old drummer called it "windsheild wiper music", as in, when two
> windsheild wipers on a car with two wiper motors drift in and out
> of sync.
>
> It was just a rough sketch. The mix would need more pads and stuff,
> and the arrangement would need to go somewhere; it's too static.
>
>> May I finish this with a wish: do more housekeeping and cleaning,
>> perhaps you'll find more. :-) I will hope for the best and leave you
>> to being prepared for the worst. - Honestly: both of them nice,
>> sturdy tracks, not catchy, but catching.
>
> Thanks. I don't think there's too much more left in there, but
> I'll keep looking.
>
> -ken
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I concur with Julien: keep cleaning music... all of you!

Are these like scratched ideas to improve later or a kind of impro
session to see what happens? I guess both in a way.

Thanks for sharing, as always, Ken.

-- 
Carlos sanchiavedraz
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