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What defines YOUR SOUND?
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aciduss
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Posted : Aug 28, 2008 18:15
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Sorry bukboy although i really apreciate your comments i do believe there is something beyond musical arrangement that gives one artist or the other certain character.
What i am talking about when i say "your sound" i do mean a specific way the whole shit sound when on a PA. I also have 40+gb of psy and I DO CAN recognize some of my favorite artist's style.
Bassline architecture, hi hats, maybe musical arrangement, certain key notes or progressions, even the samples or things like:
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You know the whole "your sound" thing is just what it makes you ask @ the party "hey, who is playing now" and no, it is not that blotter just exploding.
I believe it has more to do whit the way you use / abuse the spectrum than musical arrangemente or patch use. bukboy i asked about "your sound" no other artists so maybe you can tell me what do YOU think of when producing, when chosing leads, percs, etc. |
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Spindrift
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Posted : Aug 28, 2008 18:45
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I don't try to sound unique nor try to sound like someone else...my approach is that music creating is about channeling and I try not to get in the way by trying to consciously direct the result towards a certain goal. Many times the tracks I'm the most satisfied with is made very fast and afterwards I cannot hardly remember creating the track. Thinking about something when creating the track or having a preconceived idea about the result is for me counter-productive.
I think that results in a bit unpolished sound and arrangement, at least I hope so because that's something I like myself...it gives bit more wild and underground feel to the tracks and keeps the ears and feet on alert.
I find it really hard to describe my own music and think that is better left to others, but based on comments that I often get:
Regarding my leads I often get to hear that "that sounds typical Spindrift" and apparently that has something to do with that the melody goes up at the end, but it's not something I could put the finger on myself.
My bass usually has a certain sound with a quite heavy mid presence and I use a lot of octaves in the bass melody.
And compared to a lot of music today I have very little breaks and fills, which I guess is a conscious choice since I find that to be trance-disrupting.
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aciduss
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Posted : Aug 28, 2008 19:23
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| My bass usually has a certain sound with a quite heavy mid presence and I use a lot of octaves in the bass melody.
And compared to a lot of music today I have very little breaks and fills, which I guess is a conscious choice since I find that to be trance-disrupting. |
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Yeah, that's the kind of info i wanted to read. I am listening to your music Spindrift, and i think you are right. You have a nice old school goaish style with exactly what i quoted before, surely you will evolve more and more and maybe change some of this concepts but i believe that's even part of this 'definition' i talk about.
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Spindrift
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Posted : Aug 28, 2008 21:37
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On 2008-08-28 19:23, aciduss wrote:
Yeah, that's the kind of info i wanted to read. I am listening to your music Spindrift, and i think you are right. You have a nice old school goaish style with exactly what i quoted before, surely you will evolve more and more and maybe change some of this concepts but i believe that's even part of this 'definition' i talk about.
Thanks.
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I guess since I have been doing electronic dance music for about 20 years now there is unfortunately not so much evolution any more 
But of course occasionally I make tracks which doesn't have my typical sound and every few years the sound and style changes a bit.
The one thing that I think has been constant trough the years is the melodies...unless I make an non-melodic track I think the style of melodies I use usually can be in a recognizable style.
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