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Dave Richards
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« on: January 15, 2007, 10:43:38 PM »
Music is an expensive business, isn’t it?  There are pressings, CDs and mastering.  Then there’s equipment, travel, promotional materials, administration, and did I mention that every once in a while, you might like to purchase new music.  Before you know it, expenses are running rampant, and you are left holding the bill for everything.  This doesn’t have to happen.  With a little caution (and a lot of receipt saving) you can make your music happen on a small budget.  Here are a few tips on how to make it happen.

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« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2007, 05:49:57 PM »
good info.
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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2007, 07:36:54 PM »
Over-reliance on sample CDs is certainly a bad thing, not just because of the cost.  But when it comes to drums, in particular, commercially available samples are the only (legal) option if you can't record original acoustic drums and your drum machine/synth/existing software doesn't have what you need.
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« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2007, 08:21:24 PM »
personally... I think using sample CDs for drum hits is fine. Using them for drum loops... sucks. Be original. If you can't make a drum loop... learn how.
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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2007, 03:19:39 PM »
If you can't make a drum loop then ether learn how too or forget trying to write music  Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2007, 03:31:59 PM »
^ please. What he said. A track can survive if it has awesome drums but the music sucks Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2007, 10:39:10 AM »
Quote from: ikondance on January 26, 2007, 03:19:39 PM
If you can't make a drum loop then ether learn how too or forget trying to write music  Smiley

I wouldn't go that far.  I think there is a difference between taking one or two loops and using them as is for the entire drum part of a track and mixing and editing loops and or adding additional programmed drums on top of pre-existing loops.   
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« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2007, 11:41:21 AM »
Yeah I agree, some work needs to be put in to make it sound original and not just using the standard loop. It makes me laugh how D&B producers still use a straight AMEN break even now. I cannot believe you can get away with recycling the same break 1 million times and still people buy this music? Someone said to me the other day, "drum and bass sounds all the same" and I agreed to an extent as I think it's the drums that sound very similar and not so much the instruments.

okay I'm going to let you into one of my age old sayings and I stick by this rule 110%

To build a good dance track you need 2 things, a good solid bass line and a good solid rhythm.

It's like you wouldn't build a house upon the sand, you build it on a solid foundation.. that is a top rhythm and a top bassline

these are the ESSENTIAL starting ingredients for a quality track

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« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2007, 10:55:49 AM »
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I cannot believe you can get away with recycling the same break 1 million times and still people buy this music? Someone said to me the other day, "drum and bass sounds all the same" and I agreed to an extent as I think it's the drums that sound very similar and not so much the instruments.

It's like crime fiction or sonnents.  It takes special effort to work within certain artistic forms and produce something that is more than just a reiteration of the elements that define the form.

Really good DnB is one of my very favorite things!  Like good country music, digging through the rest to find it can be a challenge.
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