_Brutalism_
Member
- May 14, 2008
- 581
- 0
- 16
^
Sorry bro but I'm going to have to disagree.
I was given Fruity Loops 7.0 and decided to mess about with it. Within a few hours I was able to create respectable beats with little knowledge of what the program entailed or any in-depth knowledge of electronic music.
I showed it to friends and they were impressed at what was achieved so I let them mess about with it. Needless to say, even the less than musically gifted friends were able to create catchy tunes in the genre.
Moving on to rock and metal or any other live instrument orientated genre. I fail to see how you can create or be eligible to join a band to create a rock or metal song after a few hours of messing about. I've been playing drums for 6 years and still am not happy with my abilities to play professionally.
The ratio of knowledge and time to grasp the concepts of rock and electronic music are to be considered.
A basic trance/electro song is so easy to comprehend structure-wise it's almost a joke on the senses. Basic rock songs too fall into this droning, linear structure which also requires no musical artistry to understand the formula involved.
However, progressive rock or metal compared to electro, house and techno?
Whilst electronic music only requires the grasping of a MIDI keyboard to initially get started, to learn an instrument to play metal or rock is a different matter unless you're some virtuoso.
In my Audio course I had to create a song with certain criteria to be followed. I decided to create a progressive trance song. Damn right, it took me over 60 hours to get the hang of it whilst it wouldn't take me that long to formulate a decent rock song.
I'd like to compare the two like this, although I might be off so please be free to harshly criticise this comparison...
Rock, jazz, metal, funk, classical music etc etc which involves the cohesion of live human beings and the technical mastery of a tangible instrument could be compared to painting a portrait using a canvas, paints, brushes etc etc. in my eyes.
On the other hand, electronic music could be compared to digital art.
I'm not disparaging either, mind you, both take discipline, dedication and skill to get good at, however I don't feel that electronic music requires the SAME amount of musical flair as music played with instruments if you were to produce a piece on the same level (theoretically speaking of course).
Is my comparison inaccurate? Maybe its just be but from what I've witnessed, it has been much, much, much easier for my friends and I to create electronic pieces than a decent rock song....requiring much less effort and musical mastery...and none of us even own a MIDI keyboard or utilised any external gear. Now you might tell me that the material I produced could be shit in truth, fair enough. But through a mini-survey I carried out a clear result has been drawn where it is much easier to create a, let me say, semi-professional sounding piece of electronic music than it is to create its counterpart with live instruments.
Sorry bro but I'm going to have to disagree.
I was given Fruity Loops 7.0 and decided to mess about with it. Within a few hours I was able to create respectable beats with little knowledge of what the program entailed or any in-depth knowledge of electronic music.
I showed it to friends and they were impressed at what was achieved so I let them mess about with it. Needless to say, even the less than musically gifted friends were able to create catchy tunes in the genre.
Moving on to rock and metal or any other live instrument orientated genre. I fail to see how you can create or be eligible to join a band to create a rock or metal song after a few hours of messing about. I've been playing drums for 6 years and still am not happy with my abilities to play professionally.
The ratio of knowledge and time to grasp the concepts of rock and electronic music are to be considered.
A basic trance/electro song is so easy to comprehend structure-wise it's almost a joke on the senses. Basic rock songs too fall into this droning, linear structure which also requires no musical artistry to understand the formula involved.
However, progressive rock or metal compared to electro, house and techno?
Whilst electronic music only requires the grasping of a MIDI keyboard to initially get started, to learn an instrument to play metal or rock is a different matter unless you're some virtuoso.
In my Audio course I had to create a song with certain criteria to be followed. I decided to create a progressive trance song. Damn right, it took me over 60 hours to get the hang of it whilst it wouldn't take me that long to formulate a decent rock song.
I'd like to compare the two like this, although I might be off so please be free to harshly criticise this comparison...
Rock, jazz, metal, funk, classical music etc etc which involves the cohesion of live human beings and the technical mastery of a tangible instrument could be compared to painting a portrait using a canvas, paints, brushes etc etc. in my eyes.
On the other hand, electronic music could be compared to digital art.
I'm not disparaging either, mind you, both take discipline, dedication and skill to get good at, however I don't feel that electronic music requires the SAME amount of musical flair as music played with instruments if you were to produce a piece on the same level (theoretically speaking of course).
Is my comparison inaccurate? Maybe its just be but from what I've witnessed, it has been much, much, much easier for my friends and I to create electronic pieces than a decent rock song....requiring much less effort and musical mastery...and none of us even own a MIDI keyboard or utilised any external gear. Now you might tell me that the material I produced could be shit in truth, fair enough. But through a mini-survey I carried out a clear result has been drawn where it is much easier to create a, let me say, semi-professional sounding piece of electronic music than it is to create its counterpart with live instruments.
