Look At This....

Hey. . . If you've read my post before this you'll remember me talking about the bongo drum and its cousin, the Conga drum - - these were two of the pioner Beats from the African tradiotion.. The mystery behind them is that can put someone in an hypnotic trance. But the thing is, its not a mystery...

FROM THESE CAME THE PERCUSSIONS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE DRUM KIT.. . . .

The drums became one of the best musical inventions, contributing to just about every music genre (except the opera and some classical symphonies, such others) . . The drums are basically the "Beat" of any musical instrumental; they are the trance setters.. I like the drums, infact I should get a Yamaha drum kit - the Japanese often know what they're doing.



THE DRUM MACHINE


Then came this - The Drum Machine. .This is basically a digital drum kit, enabling a person to programme a drum loop into the machine which then plays the loop/rhythm back as if it were played live. The more the drum machine became upgraded and computerized more input channels were created with this; making it seem as if the drummer has a lot of arms like the Hindu God, Shiva.. Imagine an Octopus playing the drums live with all tentacles holding drum-sticks (not chicken pieces) and playing; there'll be eight different sounds of beat, don't you think?


That is what the drum machine enables one to do, infact, the development of technology as a whole has made "the impossible possible" and several things that humans couldn't do (like one person playing the drum with eight arms) are now possible and most people are estatic because of this. It does remove the skill part of composition though, but the creativity is still there - all one has to do is learn how to use the technology such as a drum machine and then apply their musical creativity to ensure a good final production. Whereas for the drum kit and bongos/congas, a person also requires the physical skill and ability to play a rhythm. .
So who do we call a better producer/composer - the live or the digital composers? Does new technology give an advantage or does it remove skill, over power skill and possibility? I guess in the virtual world we are all able to do whatever we want - that how humans can play any instrument if their acquire a computer software such as Fruity Loops; Reason and Cue Base to name a few.


DIGITAL PRODUCION

This is a software called Fruity Loops Studio (FL Studio), it basicall enable one to compose a full song using all types of instruments (from the drum itself to a violin; guitar; bass guitar or even an organ). . . I've attached a link which allows you to download the demo version of this software and you can see what you can put together, test you musical creativity - it could actually be your future.. You can also Save your song as MP3 format and play at your parties; imagine YOUR production being played at any event - Check it Out . . Peace and Blessings...


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