I'm a friendly, non-dev, cisgender guy from NC who enjoys playing music/making noise, hiking, eating veggies, and hanging out with my best friend/wife + our 3 kitties + 1 greyhound.
One of the guys conducting the workshop mentioned the fact of slight imperfections (usually not noticeable by the human regular ear) of human artists against programmed music. Somehow this made me think of how some imperfections lead to more interesting works than the one that was previously attempted.
Reminds me of a video I watched not too long ago on YouTube that talked about the making Earth, Wind & Fire's "September" (appropriate timing 🙂) and how they made a "mistake" with the bass playing. Earth, Wind & Fire made music in the 70's and it's full of little human mistakes — the groove moves naturally. The song "September" was rerecorded by Justin Timerblake & Anna Kendrick for the movie Trolls in 2016 and because it was recorded with modern techniques, it's more locked into perfection and doesn't ebb and flow as much... which just doesn't feel as human. Check the explanation in the video!
Also, if you like this YouTuber and this video, he talks about the concept of "groove grids" and how the modern, machine-perfected music compares to old-school human-made music. The video is about a musician named J Dilla who used drum machines in an interesting way to get more human-like imperfections... it's pretty dang cool!
Anyway, aside from all these music Youtube suggestions I'm throwing your way, I really dig that you're exploring how to make "imperfect" music with your terminal. Such a cool idea!
Awesome post, Paula!
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Reminds me of a video I watched not too long ago on YouTube that talked about the making Earth, Wind & Fire's "September" (appropriate timing 🙂) and how they made a "mistake" with the bass playing. Earth, Wind & Fire made music in the 70's and it's full of little human mistakes — the groove moves naturally. The song "September" was rerecorded by Justin Timerblake & Anna Kendrick for the movie Trolls in 2016 and because it was recorded with modern techniques, it's more locked into perfection and doesn't ebb and flow as much... which just doesn't feel as human. Check the explanation in the video!
Also, if you like this YouTuber and this video, he talks about the concept of "groove grids" and how the modern, machine-perfected music compares to old-school human-made music. The video is about a musician named J Dilla who used drum machines in an interesting way to get more human-like imperfections... it's pretty dang cool!
Anyway, aside from all these music Youtube suggestions I'm throwing your way, I really dig that you're exploring how to make "imperfect" music with your terminal. Such a cool idea!
Wow this is so cool I didn't know about this!! Thanks for the tip, I think I can get inspired