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Massive, epic talent. Did everything by ear and instinct, never learned to read or write music. Incredible feel for timbre, melody, and structure. The DX7 synt
by TheOtherHobbes 4y ago
Massive, epic talent. Did everything by ear and instinct, never learned to read or write music. Incredible feel for timbre, melody, and structure.
The DX7 synth used to have a ridiculous "chuff chuff chuff DING!" comedy steam train preset. It sounded terrible and was utterly useless except as a 10 second novelty.
He used it in one of his soundtracks - and somehow made it perfectly musical in that setting.
- seydor 4y agowhich one was it?
- pmoriarty 4y ago"Did everything by ear and instinct, never learned to read or write music." He seems to have had his own musical notation, of a sort. You can see him using it at the beginning of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b1xJYCrKDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b1xJYCrKDU
- pnemonic 4y agoI guess there is a point where convention just slows you down. I would say it is a hallmark of true genius.
- ygra 4y agoI guess especially with synths you may also need to incorporate not just the notes, but also the synth settings. I'm not sure there's much support for that in traditional notation.