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#138378 - 08/06/07 06:01 AM
Re: How do you match a style to a song?
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Registered: 02/23/01
Posts: 3849
Loc: Rome - Italy
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... or you could try to edit the style adding the missing part (after all you are a drummer, aren't you?), or could program a multipad to play on top of the style. Re. Donny's suggestion, you could use the midifile to convert it to a style, complete with intro, verse, chorus, fills, etc. The most difficult part will be transposing all the chord changes so that the part you will be converting will play in the same chord (usually Cmaj7).
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#138386 - 08/06/07 09:41 AM
Re: How do you match a style to a song?
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Registered: 11/19/02
Posts: 2866
Loc: Tampa, FL
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What keeps rattling in my head is a statement UD made a few years ago. Not a direct quote, but he said he uses 8-12 styles to cover his entire playlist. On the surface this sounds genius in that it simplifies the entire performance and you don't have fiddle-bit finding styles. However, when I try to do this, the song I play sounds vaguely familiar to the original due to the orchestration. Granted for simple sings with simple progressions, standard styles are fantastic, but I have trouble with those very specific songs like "Mony, Mony" or "Sweet Home Alabama", etc....
Donny, the problem I have with SMF's is that there is no leeway to the song. If you want to comp or go the bridge one more time because the crowd is grooving or the dance floor is filled, the SMF is difficult to control under live conditions. Aren't you stuck to the format of the SMF?
Fran...is the answer to create a specific style for each song you play? This brings up many more issues like; how do you store them and categorize them for quick and easy retrieval (non-specific to any one keyboard or brand) during a live performance?
Dreamer...yes I could record myself on midi-drums and create the style for each song, like the way midi-hits or other style houses do it. But then I face the problem of having styles that are TOO specific which means they would be hard to find and apply to other songs.
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#138388 - 08/06/07 09:45 AM
Re: How do you match a style to a song?
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Registered: 06/09/02
Posts: 3163
Loc: Pensacola, Florida, USA
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Originally posted by cassp: I see where this is going and that's great info. But i was thinking about the times you think of a songout of the blue and have no idea what style to use to play it on the fly. Hi cassp This is a good time to have some good generic styles that cover all the kinds of music you play in your user styles and/or Music Finder. Combo type styles without a bunch of doo-wah horn backgrounds and other clutter would be the safest. The styles can be easily edited to do 99.9% of any song you would want to do. It would also make a different way of picking songs for a gig. One of my favorite approaches is to think what genre and speed will be best for the audience at any particular time. Will it be swing fast, medium or slow. Or will it be a modern song etc. I think unless you want to make use of all the frills of the styles, that we have about 380 more onboard styles than we need. I mean really when you think about it, how many basic styles are there that are used almost all the time. Previously I played drums, and when you think like a drummer would, you can really narrow it down like: 4 Beat 2 Beat 3/4 Latin 8 Beat 16 Beat Boogie Shuffle Disco Ballad Rock 6/8 Blues Funk 50's Reggae Tango Cha Cha Rhumba Samba etc, etc. Anything like this ought to make playing an arranger keyboard easy instead of going through a ton of onboard and external styles. Scott www.ScottLMusic.com
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