RobH
Group: Members
Posts: 3
Joined: Mar. 2005 |
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Posted: Mar. 04 2005, 10:06 |
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Ok,
I think the first idea to dispense with is a 'trance' project of any description, as his apparent attempts at the 'dance' genre innevitably sound 'tacky', ill construced and plodding. I am in my early thirties, and listened to MO's output at the same time as listening to Electro-Funk, Hip Hop, Soul,so it was interesting to see how Mike's music pre-dated and served as a model for the later ambient/trance/generic dance music. He as not perhaps the geatest influence, but he is certainly there.
His forays into the 'classical' use of large scale orchestration are, I think, similarly misplaced, as the original musical material lacked sufficient development and complexity to be used in this way. Perhaps the answer would be to collaborate with an individual sufficiently skilled in orchestration to help him in actually composing and orchestrating his music.
I would be very interested to know what music Mike is listening to, and indeed has listened to for the last 20 years or so. TSODE was a remarkable album, particularly for the use of samples, and this is an area that I would very much like to see him explore further (in a far more interesting way than during guitars - where the sampling of guitars could not in any way take away from the simplistic underdevelopment of the music).
Why not experiment with the use of Hip Hop rhythms and samples (and I do not mean tacky Reason inspired stuff either). I have taken his material and introduced breaks and other elements from what is traditionally considered 'black musical 'genres, and it can work very well.
So, for the record, here is a challenge. If you are interested Mike, I will provide you with examples from your back catalogue, and how they can be simply restructured using breaks and samples and scratches, to sound innovative, interesting and compelling.
The choice, as Black Sheep said, is yours.
Rob H
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