Audiobus: Use your music apps together.
What is Audiobus? — Audiobus is an award-winning music app for iPhone and iPad which lets you use your other music apps together. Chain effects on your favourite synth, run the output of apps or Audio Units into an app like GarageBand or Loopy, or select a different audio interface output for each app. Route MIDI between apps — drive a synth from a MIDI sequencer, or add an arpeggiator to your MIDI keyboard — or sync with your external MIDI gear. And control your entire setup from a MIDI controller.
Download on the App StoreAudiobus is the app that makes the rest of your setup better.
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Bottom line is - music is different for everyone. I might love something that consists of 2 notes and a beat. Maybe Quincy wouldn’t. Doesn’t make either of us right or wrong as far as I’m concerned. We all make our own choices.
I disagree with your statement that KLF can’t play music. If you can’t deal with a contrasting opinion, then maybe stop slagging off other artists on a public forum.
Nothing wrong with personal musical preference, but trashing an artists level of skill is another kettle of fish.
@MonzoPro I had to check out some KLF to see what all the hubbub was about. I knew they were historically important and huge influences on many electronic artists who came after, but couldn’t name any of their best tracks. Now I would have to agree with you, they are pretty great. Who wouldn’t dig this craziness?
I enjoy hiphop like this, even though it is repetitious I don't feel fatigued when I listen to it.
as far as Quincy goes, his virtuosity in his music doesn't make him a virtuoso in hiphop, it doesn't work that way. Prince is another virtuoso that thought he understood hiphop but both he and Quincys hiphop was cringeworthy at best. as far as rap vocals go and the typical non-fan of rap vocals, I haven't met one that in blanket fashion disliked rap that could actually understand the vocal he or she so disliked... maybe that's a good reason to not like something.... or not I dunno.
I agree that a repeating phrase will eventually become background noise...if it doesn't drive you insane first. I don't think the variations need to be very complicated, though. Repetition (thematic, at least) is what makes a track cohesive and musical, in my opinion...all else is simply noodling and noise, so it's certainly possibly to go too far in the opposite direction. I feel there is an optimal balance to be struck, as with all things. I'll take a different tack and suggest that there is real skill and talent involved in writing repeating phrases that don't drive a person nuts, and that is what ultimately leads to timeless tracks--those you never get tired of hearing. My favorite example?
I agree with your what you have stated here. I like your example, too.
Sometimes, just changing the voice of the main melody is enough to refresh a endlessly repeating phrase. Here is a great example.
I love how this one ramps up the intensity to alleviate the monotony of it all.
This one has great use of varied guitar tones to give the song an evolving quality despite it being basically one hook over and over.
Quincy may not be the best hip-hop producer but a lot of hip-hop producers have sampled his work. https://www.whosampled.com/Quincy-Jones/
yeah but his work is not in question here
You made a personal attack on two musicians not here to defend what you said. If you can’t deal with someone sticking up for them, then don’t keep making inflammatory statements. Particularly when they’re factually incorrect.
But I’m not continuing this silly game of yours, so I wish you all the best.
This is true.
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Not quite so true.
While no one should ‘live by’ the words of Stairway to Heaven, there are as you well know, several ideas in there which embrace the positive. Along with others that provoke deeper thought. Both of which are surely beneficial to your students.
But then again, the question did Quincy Jones used samples himself might be interesting
Of course he did!
It was samples on manuscript paper though.
he's used samples before, allot, as well as synthesis of course. My comment about him was regarding the op. Icons like Quincy and Prince make iconic music, but they don't make iconic hiphop, hiphop icons make iconic hiphop, and not iconic other types of music... I'm ok with it.
Don't you mix up things here
The Opening of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” is an Exact Replay of a Synth Demo Record
https://medium.com/micro-chop/the-opening-of-beat-it-is-an-exact-replay-from-the-incredible-sounds-of-synclavier-ii-record-659061d90b37
I always thought MJ’s Wanna Be Startin’ Sometin’ had to have been directly inspired by this early hip hop jam. Not a copy, but inspired, and also just an assumption I’ve always held.
Likely they were both inspired by Soul Mokassa from 1972.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Makossa
Yes, and while he is an authority in music he definitely belongs to his generation. This as we all know leads to lesser understanding (or even distrust) of newer trends. Not unlike parents and children or grandchildren in his case.
Also men of big ego are prone to jealousy, maybe even jealousy of youngsters these days not necessarily needing to learn scales for hours on end to get good at making exceptional music. That might grind with him a lot. Not surprisingly.
Again. Apples and oranges. Hancock and McCartney belong to quite different worlds but I’m sure they’d get on great if you put them together in a locked room for a week or two because music IS a universal language whether one likes it or not.
Michael was already sued and settled it out of court
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/feb/04/rihanna-michael-jackson-manu-dibango
As far as repetition goes, there’s a big difference between repeating the same musical phrase and repeating the same exact section of AUDIO period over and over. People like repeating phrases(not that they have to repeat relentlessly or anything) but they do not like to hear the exact same overall audio repeated more than twice, and maybe even once, not sure. This is why you can listen to a great guitarist repeat a riff over and over again and not get bored because technically because of playing nuances, it’s not actually the same each time, but try to program a repeating riff and there’s zero variation between each iteration, and you risk boring the ear. This is why with software music making we have to take care change things up in subtle or not so subtle ways less it becomes too mechanical.
Damn, the ‘72 track is even better. Is it some kind of Afrofunk staple that appears in various songs? Or are these 3 kinda it for the Makossa thing?
Its been used quite a few times
https://www.whosampled.com/search/?q=Soul+Makossa