Sir Mustapha
Group: Musicians
Posts: 2802
Joined: April 2003 |
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Posted: Nov. 18 2005, 12:32 |
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Quote (Korgscrew @ Nov. 17 2005, 21:29) | |
Quote | Mmm, now where did this information come from? What Mike said, perhaps. Don't take his word for it, he's got an agenda when he speaks in public. If you'd done your research and looked in the booklet, you'd have seen he used Logic Audio as well, together with a variety of third party plugins. |
I didn't mention the use of FruityLoops Studio because it was a really important factoid, but there was so much talk and promotion about his use of the software, I thought it had to be said. Doesn't mean the info is incorrect, though.
Quote | Well, you have Reason which is just as capable... Anyone can say that anyone can do something. Few people actually seem to do it. Upload your own version of Romance, or I'll discard that statement as being pure hot air. |
Mark Prindle once said that if you rearrange the letters in "Miles Davis", you get "Saliva Demon". Would you take his words that seriously, too?
Quote | Do you actually hear a similarity, or is it just because someone told you that? |
Yep, I do. The synth chords were always quite familar to me - I just didn't pinpoint the source until I read the review, that's all. There are some obvious similarities that I take ages to realise, just because the two songs aren't fresh in my mind at the time. I do quote other sources a few times, but I try to keep my reviews as original as possible.
As for the factual errors, well: there was a time when I would devour as much info as possible about the bands I liked because there were few bands and I had time to do that. Nowadays, it's harder to keep track of things, so mistakes are prone to happen. That's why I accept comments, anyway! I've been corrected many times before, and I humbly apologised and corrected myself: I even keep those corrections on the site, even after rewriting the reviews more than once. The Theremin bit on Oxygene 7-13, in fact, I took from a comment a reader sent me. And since he had much more insight on the album than I did, I thought it was correct.
And no, I still don't hear Mike's voice in the album - and I ONLY said that in the review because, if I said it was entirely sung by virtual vocalists, someone would have thrown that in my face (you, in that case - I don't mean to be snide). Mike's voice being there or not doesn't make the virtual vocalists' presence any less relevant.
The incorrect info and mistakes will be corrected when I have time. And I'm sorry about going on an "attention-seeking rant", but that always happens when I have my words deconstructed out of context until they're sore. There's no need to agree with me - it's just that when only the bits you disagree with matter, it's like everything else is of no value. I never intended to be like All Music Guide, my website is a purely personal page, and I didn't intend anyone to take it objectively. I posted my review here, expecting more people would post theirs too.
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