This is my .mp3 for my Assignment 3 song. It is written in house style, with the theme in A minor. I really like this idea and will probably continue to flesh it out into an entire song! Enjoy!
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Monday, October 27, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Blog 2
O hai, it's me again. I think in this blog I will talk about a few things, including MIDI, House, and a few other things.
MIDI, MIDI, MIDI. Where to start? We have all been exposed to the "MIDI sound" since birth (for most of us born after 1983 that is), that super processed, cheesy digitized sound. I figured that with the ability to emulate real instruments with the General MIDI, or GM, a huge potential for electronic music and sampling opened up. Thanks to the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, people were able to take these processed sounds and transmit them digitally thanks to the GM setup. My experiences with MIDI have mostly come from my EXTENSIVE use of the PowerTab Editor 1.7 Software. As a guitar player, the ability to tabulate, or tab out, my work is invaluable. The ability to tabulate the tabulation electronically, however, is even more invaluable. PowerTab Editor allows me to input my tabs, in which it will then play them back for me! Imagine that! Now, the relevance lies in the fact that PowerTab Editor uses the GM library as its primary playback engine. I usually select the overdriven or distorted guitar tones, but with a simple click, I can change the MIDI play back to a chirping bird or a gunshot with a simple click. Furthermore, with the introduction of a MIDI controller (I usually use a keyboard), the input of my tabulations are even easier! Granted, GM doesn't sound very legit these days, especially with Guitar Pro's Realistic Sound Engine, it was still a huge contribution to yesteryear's sound.
Phew. And now for House! Another thing I am (starting to become more) familiar with! House is an almost direct descendant of disco, as a product of introduced electronic sounds. In class, we listened to Donna Summers, who had a few hits on the disco/house border. This led to more artists using the electronic sound she revolutionized along with club dj's creating remixes of these songs to possibly omit certain sections of the songs. Usually, House falls in the range of 115 to 135bpms to my experience (I'm very good at counting tempo), which is generally a very comfortable tempo. A lot of other genres usually fall into this tempo too, with the exclusion of the more "hardcore" and "european" genres hahaha. You've also got the standard processed drum beat in strict 4/4 and the staple electro bassline. For me, it's thus hard to find a line between house and electro; they seem to be pretty damn similar idk. Oh well, I guess I'll investigate this a little more later.
Well, I guess that's all for now. Until next time, I'll leave you with this song:
I pretty much love it. kthybai
MIDI, MIDI, MIDI. Where to start? We have all been exposed to the "MIDI sound" since birth (for most of us born after 1983 that is), that super processed, cheesy digitized sound. I figured that with the ability to emulate real instruments with the General MIDI, or GM, a huge potential for electronic music and sampling opened up. Thanks to the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, people were able to take these processed sounds and transmit them digitally thanks to the GM setup. My experiences with MIDI have mostly come from my EXTENSIVE use of the PowerTab Editor 1.7 Software. As a guitar player, the ability to tabulate, or tab out, my work is invaluable. The ability to tabulate the tabulation electronically, however, is even more invaluable. PowerTab Editor allows me to input my tabs, in which it will then play them back for me! Imagine that! Now, the relevance lies in the fact that PowerTab Editor uses the GM library as its primary playback engine. I usually select the overdriven or distorted guitar tones, but with a simple click, I can change the MIDI play back to a chirping bird or a gunshot with a simple click. Furthermore, with the introduction of a MIDI controller (I usually use a keyboard), the input of my tabulations are even easier! Granted, GM doesn't sound very legit these days, especially with Guitar Pro's Realistic Sound Engine, it was still a huge contribution to yesteryear's sound.
Phew. And now for House! Another thing I am (starting to become more) familiar with! House is an almost direct descendant of disco, as a product of introduced electronic sounds. In class, we listened to Donna Summers, who had a few hits on the disco/house border. This led to more artists using the electronic sound she revolutionized along with club dj's creating remixes of these songs to possibly omit certain sections of the songs. Usually, House falls in the range of 115 to 135bpms to my experience (I'm very good at counting tempo), which is generally a very comfortable tempo. A lot of other genres usually fall into this tempo too, with the exclusion of the more "hardcore" and "european" genres hahaha. You've also got the standard processed drum beat in strict 4/4 and the staple electro bassline. For me, it's thus hard to find a line between house and electro; they seem to be pretty damn similar idk. Oh well, I guess I'll investigate this a little more later.
Well, I guess that's all for now. Until next time, I'll leave you with this song:
I pretty much love it. kthybai
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