bbernardini
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Mon Aug-04-08 12:08 PM
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Fear me. I just used Algebra while figuring out a Fleetwood Mac song. |
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We've been requested to play Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere" as the first dance at a wedding this weekend. The beginning has that super-fast bell sound and a few other keyboard bits. Rather than try to sample it or sequence it, I figured I'd use the arpeggiator for the bell parts. Only problem...the bell part is in a triple feel, while everything else is in duple feel. So, I had to determine the correct tempo in which 4 sounds fit into the beat, then use Algebra to determine the tempo for the arpeggiator so that 6 sounds fit into the beat.
All hail, King of the Dorks!
(For those who want to know, the original tempo is approx. 114 BPM. I had to set the arpeggiator to 171 BPM.)
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Mon Aug-04-08 12:13 PM
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1. Stoking the star maker machinery Behind the popular song n/t |
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Mon Aug-04-08 12:19 PM
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2. Why do you need to rewrite the song? |
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Mon Aug-04-08 12:21 PM
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3. So am I. What do you mean? nt |
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Mon Aug-04-08 12:22 PM
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4. You rewrote the song - I'm asking you why you had to do so. |
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Why not just play it the way they recorded it?
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Mon Aug-04-08 12:45 PM
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5. I didn't rewrite the song. |
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Perhaps I didn't explain myself clearly?
The beginning of the song has four different keyboard parts happening simultaneously. I have two of the parts being played by the arpeggiator when I trigger it with one particular key. I play the other two parts while I'm triggering the arpeggiator. However, the part I'm triggering is a series of extremely fast triplets. Because the rest of the song is in a straight 4/4, I had to determine the appropriate speed for the arpeggiator to play the triplets so that they match up with the regular tempo.
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Mon Aug-04-08 02:35 PM
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8. Oh! I get it - you're playing this LIVE! |
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Given the number of philistines that now very inappropriately have asshole DJs at their wedding receptions, I just assumed you were DJing (but not because I think you are an asshole), and wondered why you couldn't just play the recording as it was. I figured you were doing some bit of DJ assholery.
Thanks for the explanation!
And good luck playing it - thank God there are people who still believe in live music.
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Mon Aug-04-08 02:52 PM
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9. You can't just use your fingers on the keys? |
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Mon Aug-04-08 02:53 PM
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10. I suppose I could get our lead singer to play one of the parts from the other side of the keyboard. |
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Or I could play one of the parts in a VERY inappropriate manner.
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Mon Aug-04-08 02:56 PM
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That's what I'm talkin' about!!!
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Mon Aug-04-08 12:48 PM
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6. that could be total crap |
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but I wouldn't know:shrug: well done I think?
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Mon Aug-04-08 01:20 PM
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7. Get back to me when you've got an equation that describes Stevie Nick's nanny goat vibrato. |
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Mon Aug-04-08 02:55 PM
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11. Thats not Algebra , thats Elementary Algebra. |
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