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The problem with recording an album by using
material from looping jam sessions is that it might
be spontaneous fresh sounding music, but it lacks
from (complex) composed tracks and good sounding.
We will be overwhelmed with so many
music in our times, cause everyone thinks: Oh, I just
sit down, take my guitar and looping device, turn
on the laptop and record some tunes and
release it on CD, put it on the internet for
download or just on myspace - player.
It´s so easy to release music. I´m not sure if I
like it.
My opinion is that musicians should take more
care about composition or at least about
editing and mixing their stuff. This would help
to get a higher standard of providing music
to the public.
I personally record nearly every private looping
session too. But don´t think I must have everyone
in the whole wide world listen to every piece of
crap...
Christo
From: Gareth Whittock
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 9:07 AM
Subject: recording methods - what's your approach? I'm about to make a start on an album of expanded looping guitar and I've been wondering how to go about making recordings that are fresh and spontaneous with hopefully a reasonably high level of playing proficiency. I normally make recordings by rehearsing ideas that have spontaneously occurred out of looping jam sessions but when I work this way, it simply doesn't feel the same as when there's no pressure to get it "right" - whatever that means. I've compared rough but spontaneous recordings with more precise, technically superior recordings and I nearly always prefer the former. So I've decided to informally record a lot of my "jams" and treat the editing of them together as another part of the compositional process. Does anyone else work this way here? I'm curious... Peace Gareth |