Ah, I just watched the whole thing. I'm a little reassured that its at least aimed at folks that want to practice with it. That's totally cool. Its just like using a ultra customizable Jamey Aebersold, +1 type of thing. Like a lot of things coming out today, I think they're all great tools and can be very effective if used in the right way. Its just a little scary to think of all the ways it could go wrong. Phil, I think you got it when you said that people will want to see real musicians as a special event. That is both scary and sad for me. Justin On Aug 25, 2010, at 1:13 AM, Darren H wrote: > Hi. > > I think it all comes back to what a recording artist does with the tool. > > For example, you could use the real tracks to generate a full production, > which is probably a good idea for structuring your song. > > Or, you could record your track as normal, then add a real tracks bassline > or sax riff just to give that extra something. > > A lot will depend on the imagination of the user. > > Better producers and musicians will find the most inventive ways of putting > it to use. > > Cheers > Darren > > www.karmistry.com > -----Original Message----- > From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Justin Kauflin > Sent: 25 August 2010 06:03 > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Hey guys you gotta hear this > > This is all very fascinating, and quite disturbing at the same time. I > think its great that technology is bringing this sort of stuff along, but > can't help but think that music is about interaction. I think a big part of > the equation gets thrown out when its all prerecorded, even by great > musicians. I feel like performing can be so much rewarding when you are > actually interacting with others. But, hey, whatever works for ya... > With that said, I think these sort of things do look like great > shedding tools. > > Justin > On Aug 23, 2010, at 3:11 PM, Jack Conti wrote: > >> and not much better than playing against a feel like that. better than a > lot of other backing tracks out there. At 01:22 PM 8/23/2010, you wrote: >>> At 12:55 PM 8/23/2010, you wrote: >>>> Something about this just disturbs me. >>> >>> If we're talking about Band-in-a-Box with realtracks and realdrums, those > are cunningly strung together loops of professional musicians. >>> >>> I can only speak from experience playing jazz against Band-in-a-Box as a > practice tool. Personally, it's nice knowing that the realdrums jazz styles > were recorded by one of the best jazz drummers in the world, Terry Clarke. > If you want to develop good swing feel, listen to Terry. It's certainly > better than the robotic rigid sort of swing you would develop with older > versions of the program, if you wern't careful. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! >>> To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: >>> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >>> If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >>> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> and in the Subject line type >>> unsubscribe >>> For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately > following link: >>> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to >>> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq >> >> >> PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! >> To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >> If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> and in the Subject line type >> unsubscribe >> For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately > following link: >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq >> >> > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, > click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectzq or > send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, > click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! 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