RICHARD DIVINE MPCX STAND ALONE CHALLENGE!!!

Icepulse wrote:

Danoc wrote:I didn't say nothing about someone's music. Facts! I said said when did ya here drums just drums and a SINGER and that c.r.a.p. was pulled up. So you might wanna dail back son.

I dont smoke nor drink never ever. Im sober. That ish may sound good when ya high. Lol

Dude don't you see ---> lol, lm laughing at this ish. How in the world do you think lm hot? No you're the one getting all bothered like that broad Siouxue sat on your face or something. Lmao

You call it hot music l call it wack let it go.

I'm saying you went after music y'all don't GET, by calling it C.R.A.P.

But hold up let me get my Pips collection out because why? Oh yeah I'm gonna reinvent hip hop by keeping on listening to the mahfah Pips and Sam and Dave.

Blue Monster 65 wrote:I did not mean to start an argument. The Creatures’ video was only an example to show that music can be made in many ways, including just drums and vocals. Whether anyone likes it or not is irrelevant and arguing over whether or not said music is good or not is a matter of personal taste.

One of my favorite professors said, “music is wanted - or desired - sound.” In that sense, one could consider ANYTHING that appeals to one’s hearing as music. Speech (spoken word, regardless of dialect, language or colloquialisms), natural sounds (as in nature or ambient civilization), noise (see previous) and your personal preferences for listening enjoyment are ALL music, providing one deems them as such.

I, for example, don’t care for the music of Kanye West that I’ve heard. Nor do I care for most (if any) program rock. However, I found out just last night from my son who is a prog rock musician and fan, that West sampled King Crimson’s “21st Century Schidzoid Man” in one of his songs. That’s actually something I’d like to hear, just to see (hear) how it works (or doesn’t). Maybe I’ll like it and maybe I won’t. That doesn’t mean that it’s not music to many others.

I always think to myself, whenever I hear something I think is awful, “Every song is somebody’s favorite song.” It just doesn’t appeal to me.

Danoc wrote:Lampdog has his definition of standalone which l agree with and so do Aka which l agree with alsoi. I will not just dismiss Akai's definition because lampdog wants me to.

Icepulse wrote:Yeah it's like putting someone who likes Bob Ross into a room full of Rothkos.

When I listen to **** like this...

I say damn. Kanye ain't looking at Peaches and ****'in HERB, man, when he's looking to construct those future beats. No Sam Cooke. He looks at angular jazz and the avant garde. Joy Division.

That's what I mean.

Lampdog wrote:

Danoc wrote:Lampdog has his definition of standalone which l agree with and so do Aka which l agree with alsoi. I will not just dismiss Akai's definition because lampdog wants me to.

I never said that. Never cared how you viewed Akai’s definition. Never told or wanted
you to dismiss anything. I went with the dictionary meaning which no one can refute.

Icepulse wrote:I say damn. Kanye ain't looking at Peaches and ****'in HERB, man, when he's looking to construct those future beats. No Sam Cooke. He looks at angular jazz and the avant garde. Joy Division.

That's what I mean.

Blue Monster 65 wrote:One of my favorite quotes, this time from Ravel:

"With Bolero, I have created a masterpiece. Unfortunately, it contains no music."

As composers (the modern equivalent is called a "producer"), we should all be so fortunate.

I submit my personal preference list of musical history listening (no one artist/composer in particular, unless noted):

Gregorian Chant

DeBussy (Clair de Lune is a personal favorite)

Saint-Saens (Danse Macabre)

Ravel (Bolero, of course! )

Faure (Pavane, Op. 50)

Satie (Gymnopedies - I must confess I arranged and performed several of these for synthesizers and sequencer as part of my final jury, so they have a special place in my memories)

musique concrete (mainly for techniques, ideas, etc.)

Steve Reich (for both music and theory)

John Adams (The Chairman Dances)

Kraftwerk (works up to and including Electric Cafe)

There are plenty of others, but these are - again - some of my favorites and inspirations. Maybe they'll give you an insight into your compositional processes?

I won't get into punk rock, swamp blues, etc. etc. That's a whole thread by myself in itself!

Blue Monster 65 wrote:
My point is if you dig deeper into a composer's influences, you may just find inspiration you won't find just by listening to what they themselves are doing and you should understand what they're doing better as well.