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Thanks for your advise. I will try harder.
Dmanx.
> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, DMANX@t... wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Well this is the like to my latest track called'TRANZOTIKA'
> found at
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> It was created without knowledge of reading or writing 
>music.Feel free to give your comments.
>
>
>Okay, I listened to your tracks and my impression is there 
>nothing truly objectionable about them. And while they do nothing 
>to hamper the forward progress of the 'trance' genre neither do 
>they accomplish anything that pushes the boundaries. To call it 
>'experimental' is a misnomer - 'amateur' would be a more 
>honest assessment as you've clearly followed the "rules" of 
>'trance' music (filtered percussion loop, jungle style drum loops, 
>rich synth swatches, staccato synth arpeggio, etc.) But that's 
>okay because every sub-genre of electronic dance music 
>(House, Trance, IDM, Jungle, D&B, blah, blah, blah) has a set of 
>of 'expected' guidelines for your target audience to recognize it as 
>such. You've done a fine job of arranging some prefab samples 
>and found sound into a fair, if somewhat predictable, 
>representation of the genre. On the downside, there's nothing 
>there to make me believe the same results couldn't have been 
>arrived at by any other home musician (or bedroom DJ) with 
>some 'construction kit' type sample CD's from the likes of Wizoo 
>or some other 3rd party soundware vendor. Stick with it and don't 
>be afraid to shy away from the conventional.
>
>
>I feel the time has come were you do not need theory with the 
>advance in software and pc technology.
> Regards
> DAMANX.
> 
>I guess what disappoints me though is your apparent 
>unwillingness to move past this adolescent mentality 'I feel the 
>time has come were you do not need theory with the advance in 
>software and PC technology.' You solicited much insightful, 
>genuine and thoughtful (and often humorous!) feedback in your 
>MUSIC THEORY thread. I'd hoped you would have gathered 
>more from it then you apparently seem able to acknowledge.
>
>Here's some closing thoughts for you: The software and 
>technology (soundware) used in your compositions was written 
>and coded and performed by musicians. What are the odds 
>NONE of these performers & programmers (yes, you can be 
>both a musician and programmer!) had no Theory or training? 
>Pretty darn slim odds, IMO. So, you're compositions have clearly 
>benefited from someone, somewhere with musical training.
>
>Furthermore, you mentioned in a recent post that you use a 
>PLG150AN, REAKTOR, and REASON in your compositions. 
>Well, that's upwards of $1000 of kit right there - and if I recall 
>correctly, in another recent post you mentioned using many 
>products from Native Instruments - that's quite a software budget 
>you've got. Assuming you've paid for all that software and hold a 
>license to the samples in your library - and I've no reason to 
>assume you're not above board - you're doing pretty well. 
>Congratulations. But if this weren't the case, then you'd have to 
>acknowledge it as theft from musicians trying to make a living 
>from their training and education. To my thinking, that would be 
>quite difficult to reconcile with such a high minded ideal of 'I feel 
>the time has come were you do not need theory with the advance 
>in software and PC technology.' What do you think?
>
>regards,
>
>Jon
>
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