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Subject: Producing has made me a bad bad man
Original Message Date: 12-Dec-02 @ 05:51 PM - Producing has made me a bad bad man
So I saw Tiesto last night, there were hundreds of people there. Everyone was dancing their asses off, workin up a sweat, and having a good time.
Where was I? On the balcony observing, and not feelin it at all.
All he was doing was hopping around, and dropping the bass out about every two songs. He had 3 huge projectors that played a looped video that had his name spinning around all night long. The kicker was the 4 sound guys he had. 2 Huuuge mix desks, 3 laptops, and some other machine that looked right outta star trek. They were constantly adjusting stuff on the desks, meanwhile Tiesto danced around his decks some more.
2 years ago, I would have been up there having a good ol time with the rest of the folks. Last night, all I wanted to do was go home and never see that shit again. lol, I am SO JADED now. It was so commercialized and absolutely phoney. I even got in shit from my girlfriend cause I was being 'boring' heheh.
My point? Producing is becoming a very big eye opener for me, both good and bad. On one hand, I love making my own tunes, and having myself and other people enjoy them. On the other hand, I now look at 'live' shows, and DJ's in a totally different light. I have MUCH more respect for people who play their OWN music out, and don't have to rely on a 5 man sound team on $100k worth of gear to make someone elses $10 record sound phat.
Does this happen to everyone who decides to go down the yellow brick road of music production? Where you wake up and realize a lot of the things that got you interested in dance/electronic music in the first place now makes you sick and angry?
-angry tim
Where was I? On the balcony observing, and not feelin it at all.
All he was doing was hopping around, and dropping the bass out about every two songs. He had 3 huge projectors that played a looped video that had his name spinning around all night long. The kicker was the 4 sound guys he had. 2 Huuuge mix desks, 3 laptops, and some other machine that looked right outta star trek. They were constantly adjusting stuff on the desks, meanwhile Tiesto danced around his decks some more.
2 years ago, I would have been up there having a good ol time with the rest of the folks. Last night, all I wanted to do was go home and never see that shit again. lol, I am SO JADED now. It was so commercialized and absolutely phoney. I even got in shit from my girlfriend cause I was being 'boring' heheh.
My point? Producing is becoming a very big eye opener for me, both good and bad. On one hand, I love making my own tunes, and having myself and other people enjoy them. On the other hand, I now look at 'live' shows, and DJ's in a totally different light. I have MUCH more respect for people who play their OWN music out, and don't have to rely on a 5 man sound team on $100k worth of gear to make someone elses $10 record sound phat.
Does this happen to everyone who decides to go down the yellow brick road of music production? Where you wake up and realize a lot of the things that got you interested in dance/electronic music in the first place now makes you sick and angry?
-angry tim
Message 31/31 04-Jan-03 @ 11:06 AM Edit: 04-Jan-03 | 11:21 AM - RE: Producing has made me a bad bad man
hehe... nice one, e.
as for "as you get it you think less about it, as you think less you create more", i think i'd totaly agree with that. i also *think* thats the stage i'm approaching lately. at least i hope so.
edit: oh and btw, i think we should be distinguishing the technical process/knowledge, and creative process/knowledge. the more you know about tech and feel comfortable with it, the more your mind is free to work on the creative aspect of things. now, as for creative end of things, i think you'd be better of just "feeling" it instead of "knowing" it, but thats just me. and that was my contribution to theory of art while drinking coffee and recovering from the previous night, not to mention previous days' celebration.
as for "as you get it you think less about it, as you think less you create more", i think i'd totaly agree with that. i also *think* thats the stage i'm approaching lately. at least i hope so.
edit: oh and btw, i think we should be distinguishing the technical process/knowledge, and creative process/knowledge. the more you know about tech and feel comfortable with it, the more your mind is free to work on the creative aspect of things. now, as for creative end of things, i think you'd be better of just "feeling" it instead of "knowing" it, but thats just me. and that was my contribution to theory of art while drinking coffee and recovering from the previous night, not to mention previous days' celebration.
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