i have been doing a project with a friend who has a nice home studio and alot of chops with his effects and equipment. he's gone to school for it and really knows alot about recording. We've been dissecting things and putting it back together and creating beats and new stuff from my live drumming and other instruments by: manipulating, looping and effecting things with reverb, delays and whatnot. It's been very exciting. And i come from the opposite side of it as a player and never believed much in sampling and manipulating, or as it's been referred to as "studio as an instrument". i've been wanting to "interface" with this sort of thing for a while and am finally having the opportunity. it comes with it's ups and downs. He's young and comes from a hip hop background, I have to really let him know when i don't like something and be honest about how the end result makes me feel. And he has responded really well. It's hard not to get defensive but he shows me respect me and really listens to what i have to say. We learn from each other it's been very exciting and fun to work this way. i still play plenty of live music but it's been interesting to come from this different angle for a change. i play different instruments along to click tracks then he takes things and puts them together and sends it to me with some pretty wild results. Hopefully i can post some things at some point. Do you guys have any tips or experience to share? my outlook is more minimalist and less is more rings true with this kind of thing as it's too easy to keep adding and affecting everything. it's all pretty raw and improvised at first then we refine it and turn it into things and have other people play on it. When we come to an agreement it is often a great collaboration and the options are unlimited.
any feedback?
your thoughts
any feedback?
your thoughts