moonchildhippy
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Posted: June 04 2008, 18:26 |
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Quote (Scatterplot @ Jan. 11 2008, 06:17) | Well I guess I'm more of an Ommadawn type of guy. I'll give Amarok another listen in the car this weekend. One thing that irritated me was the use of samplers...."hap-hap-hap-hap-happy"....etc. This was a fairly new technology in 1990 and everybody was doing it. I knew a guy in 1987 who bought one of the first primitive samplers, an ensoniq mirage. They were kind of fun since they were fresh and new...but a lot of bands/artists did s-s-s-s-silly things with them. By Tubular Bells 2, which I loved, the use of samples on that album was very tastfull, nice guitar samples etc. What is interesting about Amarok is that Mike Oldfield is the perfect guy to study if you want to watch the timeline of technology. If you study up on a classical composer, -yawn-, from 200 years ago, there's not much as far as technology to study. What, if anything changed in that composer's lifetime? Small improvements in the wood used to make violins, etc.?But when you can study someone from 1973 to 2007....you can see the invention of midi in 1983, the digital age coming to life, loop-based software, on and on. The cheezy but cool Roland drum machine used on QE2 and Genesis "Duke" and many others....the most exciting era in music to be in. To me what Amarok was...a kind of experimental album having fun with new stuph. It's not a matter of "getting" it. It's just a matter of wanting it. Right now I'm in a Voyager mood. Jim |
I agree Jim I'm definitely an Ommadawn type of gal . I think my thing with Amarok is I want to try and give it a chance when I'm in the mood, but the thing that puts me off is this thought that I really feel as if I should like or love it. I want to like or love it, but when I have that expectation that puts me off in my attempts .
Yep I would agree that music recording technology, and also playback has come a long way within the last 50 years or so, I would agree that Mike would be a perfect recording atrist to study with regards to changing technology.
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