Jeremy wrote:Nojus wrote:why yall try to immitate someone else or be like someone else? do u. cause u cant and u wont be j dilla, pete rock, alc, premo etc. u can use the same techniques they use, but u still wont achieve the sound they achieve. why? because u dont think like dilla, pete, alc, premo etc. its not the machine, its the man behind it. plus all great producers got skilled people (engineers, musicians etc) around them.
i hate when people buy an mpc3000 and this they're goin to sound like dilla.
I agree in a way but also its good to have someone to look up to. You should always want to refine your craft and that is what I do every time I listen to music. I pick it apart and see what that producer did and try to incorporate it into what I do. It's ok because like you said, its not the hardware, software, or samples; it's the person. So, so what if I steal a little Dilla, 9th Wonder, and Timabaland. I'll never sound like those three, but I'll sound like me.
i disagree 100%. if you think picking apart how an artist does something to incorporate that into your own work is going to get you anywhere, it will not. you'll just be another wanna be. actually, if you don't consider yourself an artist, be my guest at trying to imitate dilla style/techniques or whatever. when i hear dilla, i feel dilla. you feel
me? it's not to be imitated. i've done my fair share of research on the man, and many other artists for that matter. but i do it only to further something in myself that i don't think can be described in words. i take things with me. never ever have i tried to find out how he tries to make his sound. as an artist, it doesn't make a spit of difference to me. we're two different artists. i don't care
how he makes a peanut butter and jelly cause i can make one too.
long story short - if anyone considers themselves an artist/aspiring to inspire- paying any mind to how another artist makes their sound is detrimental.
you won't sound like them but you'll sound like you? no.. you'll sound like you trying to sound like them. and why would one person give you the time of day if they can just listen to the real deal?
i don't really care if i sound like a dck. being honest is the nicest thing i could do for anyone.
I never said I liked timbo the man. I do think he is really arrogant ever since the album with JT. But, he wouldn't be where he is today if he refused to grow as a producer and he sounded like he did back 20 some odd years in high school making demo tracks with Missy and Magoo.
