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| Seric |
In becoming a producer, what influences within the trance genre influenced you the least, or most, and how? Be it scene, parties, synthesis, dancing, music, Dj's, politics, programming, drugs, Etc.
Were you first a producer? Or a Dj? Do you feel that either way influenced your particular style or knowlege in any advantageous manner? Were you first a long time listener? Do you find your particular approach inconsequential to your personal musical style or method of composition? Are you not a producer or DJ but plan on becoming one or the other because either (or neither) has given you a special insight into what comprises trance or progressive electronic music or how it will assist you in becoming a better musician? Or adversely, do you feel any specific disadvantage as result of your background? |
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| trancenrg69 |
| Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. Write that down. |
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| DeZmA |
| quote: | Originally posted by trancenrg69
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. Write that down. |
so true |
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| Seric |
| Worrying has it's benefits. The human race is known for its ability to perform under intense pressure. For the most part in composing music or creating art, pressure is extremely minimal and worrying isn't a factor because my ideas jsut flow freely and effortlessly into my medium, which is the basis of why i enjoy art. It's like vacation.. but there are times when I push myself to succeed in something such as recreating a conceptual song that's taken weeks to construct in my head, and worrying IS the game. |
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| Floorfiller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Seric
In becoming a producer, what influences within the trance genre influenced you the least, or most, and how?
Prog House influenced me the most I'd say. I've always loved producers like Nalin & Kane, Jam & Spoon, Bedrock, Way Out West etc. I don't know why i prefer this type of music over others it is just very appealing. I'd say more hardcore stuff hasn't really had any influence on me. I think it mostly has to do with the structure of those songs and what i would consider cheesy robot voices and crappy synths.
Were you first a producer? Or a Dj?
Producer. I'm just getting into DJing.
Do you feel that either way influenced your particular style or knowlege in any advantageous manner?
Well I would have to say that I produce with DJing in mind. I think it effects the flow of the song and understanding DJing helps you understand how the composition of the tune should be.
Were you first a long time listener?
Yes. I've been listening to this genre of music for a long time now. I definitely has help shape the type of songs that i'm interested in producing.
Do you find your particular approach inconsequential to your personal musical style or method of composition?
My approach to music is usually very linear. by that i mean that i start from the begining and move forward, listening to the track and deciding what i think should happen next. i think it is kind of indicative of the style i want because other styles seem to focus on melody first, whereas i usually focus on the beat first.
Are you not a producer or DJ but plan on becoming one or the other because either (or neither) has given you a special insight into what comprises trance or progressive electronic music or how it will assist you in becoming a better musician?
like i said earlier. i think that i definitely approach music from the stand point of djing it in a club. it has to be something mixable, it has to be danceable, it has to have appeal. the main reason that i want to produce is because i feel a lot of tunes today lack that and that's what i love. i just want to dj a party where i can play tracks that amaze the crowd.
Or adversely, do you feel any specific disadvantage as result of your background?
If i feel any disadvantage at all its that i haven't had the greatest resources to go about putting my music into proper form. i've always had problems getting the money for equipment and as a result don't have much to show for my effort at this point. however, i know that the talent is there...its just about realizing it. hopefully someday i'll get my stuff together. i'm sure also if i had taken what background i have in music a little more seriously when i was younger it could possibly make things easier now. |
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| SpeakInSympathy |
| quote: | Originally posted by trancenrg69
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. Write that down. |
lmao..been a while since i heard that one. |
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| NicklessGuy |
My case is very similar to Floorfiller's, but i also intend to make some bangin stuff, techno, psy, progressive trance, and such. Maybe some usual trance for chilling :D
It depends pretty much on my insiration. Sometimes a cool melody comes into mind, sometimes a unique beat, so i build everything around to match it, but when i get no ideias, i just lay up a basic 4x4 beat, and mess with it from the beggining, the ideias keep coming while i mess till i hav something.
My frustration is the same as him too, except that now i could be able to get a nice cpu again that allows me to work properly. The problem is also making real the beats i hav in mind. Sometimes i think on very unique beats and rhythms, but i cant make it sound like i imagined :whip:
Anyway im givin up on prog for some time and back to trance, since its easier for me now and will give me more experience with the sounds.
And Trancenrg69, worrying and being curious arent exactly the same...
Worrying brings wrinkles
Curiosity brings knowledge
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| Seric |
| quote: |
Worrying brings wrinkles
Curiosity brings knowledge
:p |
Now THAT, is a good quote. : )
Ok I've delayed a few days before writing my own answer. I fall in to a roughly similar approach to you both, but I've never DJ'd other than messing around. When I was a kid I used my dads old 1600's to mix Sesame street with Miles davis and Jean Michael Jarre. It sounded like an unrehearsed freestyle by DJ FOOD or something, except it didn't kick that much ass. I started writing music on guitar when I was in 7th grade, and quickly began making electro industrial remixes of Depeche Mode shortly thereafter. I never listened to much electronic music, never got attatched to the scene because the FEW experiences that I did have with it were gross, and being 12, I didn't partake in any substances. Anyway. I might add that in 5th and 6th grade when we got our new blazing 72 Mhz computer with WINDOWS F*ING NINETY FIVE, MAN.. I was using the windows audio editing program to create my own waveforms from scratch and vocal samples and compiling those to create odd rhythms and basically long drawn out tracks featuring samples of around-the-house noises and cheesy yamaha keyboard organs. Actually, nevermind the biography stuff. I think that not being a dj, and refusing to involve myself strongly in the scene, and never liitening to popular electronic music has affected me negatively in a sense that I'm probably never going to sound like everyone else out there, but that's not something I'm about to complain about. However, listening to classical, folk, acid rock, jazz, and world music has affected my musical knowledge emmensely, along with studying the perils of western equal temperment as proven by the genius of old northern indian classical ragas. I went to school for music technology and learned all one could ever need to know about sound physics and synthesis. My major influences would be Miles Davis, The Doors, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Duran Duran, New Order, Depeche Mode, etc. etc. I think that I would benefit from learning how to dj. I feel that dj's do over 2 hours with different songs what producers do in 5 minutes (structurally). I could learn alot frm seeing what gets people going, but I don't generally produce music just to get the listener kinetically excited. I'm probably overstating my disconnection. I'm somewhat rounded, but somewhat a technical freak rather than someone who's concearned with the scene. Given the state of both crisis and adaptation in the electronic music scene today, I'm going to continue to produce my non-stylistically consistant music from my heart, and maybe one day someone with record superpowers will hear it and anjoy it enough to do something with it. Music is almost strictly personal for me, although I enjoy sharing. That was a bunch of blah blah blah..
Oh. I'm a Buzz guy.
Edit: and i dont want to correct errors right now. I don't have the capacity to write anything correctly.. I have melodies on my mind. OH! another thing.. as stated previously about constructing music.. i pretty much follow the same patterns of exploration (I think that's a suitable word)
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| Floorfiller |
| quote: | Originally posted by NicklessGuy
My case is very similar to Floorfiller's, but i also intend to make some bangin stuff, techno, psy, progressive trance, and such. Maybe some usual trance for chilling :D
It depends pretty much on my insiration. Sometimes a cool melody comes into mind, sometimes a unique beat, so i build everything around to match it, but when i get no ideias, i just lay up a basic 4x4 beat, and mess with it from the beggining, the ideias keep coming while i mess till i hav something.
My frustration is the same as him too, except that now i could be able to get a nice cpu again that allows me to work properly. The problem is also making real the beats i hav in mind. Sometimes i think on very unique beats and rhythms, but i cant make it sound like i imagined :whip:
Anyway im givin up on prog for some time and back to trance, since its easier for me now and will give me more experience with the sounds.
And Trancenrg69, worrying and being curious arent exactly the same...
Worrying brings wrinkles
Curiosity brings knowledge
:p |
stop trying to be me hehehee...:haha: :tongue3
ps. hello |
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