Part two of the interview is up on Gearwire."In part two we discuss "gear fetishism"-- where old-time complaints and technical limitations turn into benefits in the mind of the musician. Everyone who has made music for any amount of time is familiar with the phenomenon. Think of some piece of gear that had severe limitations; new gear came along amd eclipse that piece of gear. Later, sometimes years later, a funny thing happens--people start seeking out this old, sometimes shoddy gear."
Part 1.
Why old gear?
ReplyDeleteCuz it's got: Personality. Lots of personality.
re: Sampling and Robert saying 'whose music is it anyways'.
I can answer only this: If you reverse your samples, then it becomes the Devil's Music :|
Robert Rich is not saying anything new whatsoever in that interview. His TB-303 example is overused and his use of it is hardly complete. Also, does anyone proofread the Gearwire articles? I'd be pretty embarrassed to put my name to something so riddled with grammatical errors and typos.
ReplyDeleteRobert Rich is an ambient musician. You can't take any *specific* thing he says as a crisp statement. Instead, you have to take all he says, add lots of reverb and slow swells, and capture the mood of what he's trying to say.
ReplyDeleteThe ambient way!
As for the typeo's, it's really just some signal to noise ratio problems -- typing them in must be an analog process ;)