Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Now that would be a new idea for me

Thanks mike


On 7/22/06 2:32 AM, "mt100uk" <miketaylor100@...> wrote:

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> --- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Logic_Cafe%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "Joseph Bartone" <joebartone@...> wrote:
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>> > Problem:
>> > I have 20 years as a song writer and indie producer. I always worked
>> > on the edge of the mainstream - groups like Soul coughing, talking
>> > Head, the Cure etc. In my earlier days I was very experimental -
>> > david Torn, Laurie Andersen, david Sylvian.
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>> > Now I write more conscise songs. my somgs are better lyrically and
>> > musically, but the I lost much of the adventure is sound design in
>> > my production.
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>> > Here is my work flow:
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>> > acoustic guitar and a notebook in a cafe - basic song structure
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>> > create a simple drum template and bass line in logic
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>> > add scratch vocal
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>> > this is where it goes wrong.
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>> > I am relying on my laurals. guitar melodies and textures, keyboard
>> > parts sound too reminiscent of my highschool days
>> > think new wave
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>> > I try dropping drum loops
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>> > it sounds forced
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>> > what are you guys doing that I might find helpful?
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>> > Joe B
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> Hi Joe, just a quick idea, but try recording guitar, sans click, then record
> the bass to that,
> after you have built the bones of the track, tempo/beat map to the tempo
> (easiest if you 
> have pro7, but still possible otherwise, just a bit awkward). Now add the
> drums, see what 
> happens!
> Hope this helps, Mike
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