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To a certain extent, it's not possible to produce something that is both recognizable as "music" (much less as a specific genera) and which is devoid of pre-exi

To a certain extent, it's not possible to produce something that is both recognizable as "music" (much less as a specific genera) and which is devoid of pre-existing patterns, and I don't think that's what the parent post is claiming. I'm not familiar with the parent poster's music, but I am pretty sure that "create basic components" refers specifically to that "copy-and-paste" from a concept into a more tangible form (like a drum loop). So it seems like they have considered this idea explicitly. I'm not a pro, though I have to play a 3-hour solo gig tonight on piano, and most of it will be improvising ornaments over blues and jazz tunes that I already know. One of the problems in this gig is that it becomes very easy to fall into rather generic patterns. That repetition is a real short-coming of a lot of so-called original music that I, and many musicians I have heard and work with run into: a lot of original music is a bad copy of something that already exists. However, in the process of re-implementing existing stuff (as opposed to consciously reworking a tune, re-performing a piece, or literally resampling audio) I tend to make mistakes, and I find that to be a good source of actually 'new' music. I can't say for sure if my understanding is correct, but that's how I understand the parent poster's motivation. Of course, I'm not a "composer" and I often have to create a whole lot of music without a lot of prep, so I am perhapshappier to have a large-ish library of known things in my brain that I can directly quote when I play.

somedumbguy22 10y ago
I agree with your statements about the parent's train of thought. I also compose music from time to time, and starting off a piece boils down to three methods (taking drums for example): 1. Copy/pasting a drum loop 2. Writing your own drum loop, although it's most likely a common pattern from the genre of music you intend to create 3. A hybrid of the two, meaning you paste in a drum loop and chop it up to make something unique out of it. The parent was stating that they don't do the first option, and prefer the second choice. For example, if he/she wanted to make a drum and bass track, they might write their own version of the amen break [1], rather than use a sample from someone else [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break

somedumbguy22 10y ago

I agree with your statements about the parent's train of thought. I also compose music from time to time, and starting off a piece boils down to three methods (taking drums for example): 1. Copy/pasting a drum loop 2. Writing your own drum loop, although it's most likely a common pattern from the genre of music you intend to create 3. A hybrid of the two, meaning you paste in a drum loop and chop it up to make something unique out of it. The parent was stating that they don't do the first option, and prefer the second choice. For example, if he/she wanted to make a drum and bass track, they might write their own version of the amen break [1], rather than use a sample from someone else [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break