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- From: etxrene@eua.ericsson.se (Rene Peeren)
- Subject: Re: Sampling and Session Musicians (was Re: Ca
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.124329.23632@eua.ericsson.se>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 12:43:29 GMT
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- In article 9301232034@csparc12.scs.leeds.ac.uk, ross-c@scs.leeds.ac.uk () writes:
- > One thing that people seem to have missed is that sampling has the potential
- > to revolutionise the way some of us think about session musicians. Already
- > there are sample CDs available (e.g. Dave Ruffy's Dance etc, Zero-G Funk
- > Guitar) which have a large number of performances by the musician ready
- > for sampling and inclusion in your own music.
- >
- > It looks to me that if this spreads the consequences are important
- >
- > (1) Even amateurs will be able to legally include performances by top
- > musicians in their recordings. Higher quality recordings
-
- Just what we want... So we all become session-musicians.
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- >
- > (2) If studios and other professionals lean towards this, the demand for
- > quality studio musicians will drop.
- >
-
- If that would be the case, then my (and many other's) dream has come true:
- MUSIC FOR EVERYONE TO MAKE.
- There will always be people that are better than others, and they will always
- get payed for playing in pubs, on records or whereever.
-
- > (3) It's bad enough that many records have almost the same riffs etc on them
- > now. If session musician sample CDs spread, it's going to be more so.
- >
-
- And if this is so, then my dream got sour again. Music is only music when you
- use your creativity. We all use the same 24 notes, but boy, the combinations you
- can make with them! So now we have so many sounds we can combine. And gone is
- the frustration because your recordings never even comes close to
- that CD of your favourite band (I'm obviously an amateur).
-
- Beside all this, there are loads of wave-editors, multi-effect processors etc on
- the market. With these, you can make a crying baby sound like a low-beating drum,
- or vica versa. So I would predict an explosion of new sounds, rather than hearing the
- same sounds over and again. Creativity has no limits and cannot be surpressed!
-
- Rene (dedicated musician as a life-style. Just have a look at my beloved 4track and
- 12 bit max 0.5 second at 40Khz sampler!).
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