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extropian music at it's best

this is not on the youtube thread cause, first: it's too cool to go by unnoticed
and second: it can spurt productive discussions

what do you guys think about electronically aided music?

Since the advent of digital music, you can get TONS of stuff done in your computer, by simply sampling it or something of that sort, and also getting some stuff to be "easier" to play live.

Me, personally, i have a bit of two extremes on that. While i completely support using tools and stuff like that to get the exact sound you want, and hell, also it's the only way i can make music, i dislike the use of tools to "ease" the live playing, if it can be physically done without using anything.

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This is so cool. Yanko posts are my favorite posts.

That was genius.
I realy liked the song itself too.

that cheered me up a lot!

as far as electronically aided music is concerned, i have only recently picked up an acoustica program that lets me mix my own music. at first i was using it to make industrial/electronica music which was a lot of madness/fun. coming up with a complete demo of a song in hours rather than days is quite a step up for me. the tracks are not serious and intended to be a bit of a laugh for me and my mates. although if i was to present these onstage, i would need two drummers and about 4 keyboardists - not handy but i wouldnt consider replacing them with a machine - i feel the songs would certainly lose some of their energy.

over the past few weeks i have been using acoustica to add beats to my riffs and to work out the structure of a couple of songs that have been 'hanging around' for a while going nowhere. its much easier for me to communicate with my drummer as far as explaining the pace, the feel, the vibe of the riff, as neither of us have had any notable musical teaching and therefore dont really use any musical terminology.

using the computer has also aided me greatly in structuring songs. the ease in which different sections can be copied and pasted and then listened to is a great advantage for somebody as indecisive as me. it also means that as i receive input from other members of the band, we can mess about and try their ideas there and then without the fuss of having to get the band to learn it differently and then try to play it!

i reckon that using electronic aids has increased the efficiency and productivity of my band (so far anyway). we dont yet use any electronnic aids on stage but are considering the use of samples as intros/outros so that our live show can be more accurate to our demo. i am pretty adamant that these tools should not be used to make live performances easier, in my view (as a guitarist in a metal band) thats called cheating. -a live show should be a live show. why not just plug yer ipod into the pa, press play and head to the bar.


anyway...
what programs have the rest of you got?
how easy are they to learn/use?

Lasse owns.

a live show should be a live show. why not just plug yer ipod into the pa, press play and head to the bar.


anyway...
what programs have the rest of you got?
how easy are they to learn/use?

i'm actually gonna have a problem with that if i ever play my songs live, cause there's TONS of layers, and the songs actually DO need them. I'll just have to use backtracking cause i can't afford hiring a string quartet and 4 keyboardists
anyone got any useful hints for using backtracks btw?

and about the programs i use, i can't speak too much about that or else i might go to jail

and @hughie: thnx, glad you like them