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If so, how do you protect yourselves from being too influenced by your "idoles"? This is quite a problem for me. When Im at the comp. creating and listening to what I have made, it sounds pretty good! But then I realize that it sounds like a lot of the music I listen to. And that was never my intention. Should one go into total isolation to be totally original, not listening to any music whatsoever? (Sorry about the language and the spelling. I dont get much exercise in the english writing. ;o)) |
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yeah.. no probs being influenced cos i couldn´t possibly generate the grooves my "·idols" make....instead i have been inspired by thier spirit and dive into my own work with all my soul and damn the criticism of my peers, most of whom think my music is arse.... but i really enjoy it. |
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fuck it. if it sounds good and you like it, that's cool. |
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I dont listen much ambient at all, allthough I make a lot of shit like that. People say I have a recognizable sound. Check it at http://members.lycos.nl/urfftech/mp3 if you feel to, offcourse. |
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I made a lot of music sounding like what I listened. In my opinion one has to 'ripe' to his or her own sound. It took me 6 years to sound like what I sound like nowadays. |
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My music sounds nothing like I want it to. Not really unique or anything. When I'm making the sounds and tunes myself it sounds like Autechre. If I'm messing about with something simple like eJay, it's a lot more fun. That's when it sounds sort of like RjD2 or DJ SHadow or something. |
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Occasionally I stumble upon synth patches or sounds that are very similair to an artist I like. Once I even chanced upon the melody to "Dark" by Manic Miner. I tend not to include these things unless they really fit with the track and taking them away purely to avoid sounding like them would really detract from the track. That said I seldom actively set out to imitate another artist... Elvis said that he tried to avoid listening to others' music in order to not be influenced by them. Personally I think even if you don't hear other peoples stuff you'll sound like them by chance- people have pointed out that one of my tracks (and one of Zeus') sound very much like autechre- at the time we wrote them neither of us had heard any autechre... I think if you listen to others music you can at least intentionally change it so it doesn't sound the same and hence avoid being accused of being a rip-off merchant... |
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I know what you mean, some of my best stuff seems to come from using stuff like ejay or acid. Bit of a shame really... :( |
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Yeah, I like that saying; "Fuck it". ;o) But Im not satisfied, because I feel that someone else already has done it, whatever I do. It feels like my music is superfluous. (I mean - it is!) |
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I listen to other music to analyze their techniques. Sound usage and rhythm programming etc. I also tend to use 2 different bassdrums to create more vivid drums. |
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Ceri JC: That´s why I only use samples and sounds that I somehow created myself. (Which often only means that I take an existing sound and fuck it up beyond recognition.) |
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Thats a good concept! :) I accidently inserted such a sample in a track. It were timestretched voices, I put em in a rhythmical loop, pitched down. They sounded like some voice / water / hissing thing cabbling through your head bouncing back against the insides of your skull. At least, thats how I experienced it... |
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Sound Forge, huh? :) |
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