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pdiddy boy · 26th January 2012

Very interesting article... however like Chris Lago, I come from the school of thought that music has no set formular. Although I think its fair to say the points covered are the bread and butter of pro production... but the beauty for me in creativity is actually breaking the rules. Point 1. Groove and 7. Vocal Hook I believe have mophed over musical genes over the years ...I would say in the same way the English Language has evolved its kind of hard to explain but so obvious when you compare music from 2 different era's of the same musical gene. I think with the advent of laptops and QWERTY Keyboard Beat makers theres actually alot more programming rather than traditional playing going on. From the moment you press Quantise is that not programming ? This is my personal take coming from the whole euro sound I'm hearing out here in the UK.

So I would also agree with point 6 being the most important.

26th January 2012	#21
pdiddy boy Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 691	Very interesting article... however like Chris Lago, I come from the school of thought that music has no set formular. Although I think its fair to say the points covered are the bread and butter of pro production... but the beauty for me in creativity is actually breaking the rules. Point 1. Groove and 7. Vocal Hook I believe have mophed over musical genes over the years ...I would say in the same way the English Language has evolved its kind of hard to explain but so obvious when you compare music from 2 different era's of the same musical gene. I think with the advent of laptops and QWERTY Keyboard Beat makers theres actually alot more programming rather than traditional playing going on. From the moment you press Quantise is that not programming ? This is my personal take coming from the whole euro sound I'm hearing out here in the UK. So I would also agree with point 6 being the most important.