This sounds like a wonderful program, and I must say that the ticket price is reasonable. I’m sure it will give the Shetlands music scene an enormous boost!
Just from looking at these small images on your website, I have to say that Graeme’s works look great, and they really bring out the ‘atmospherics’ of the amazing Shetlands!
I should have made it clear that there is a great deal of difference between mixing and producing- Kraftwerk have been remixing their own tunes now for decades, so I guess they are DJ’s, but not strictly.
It is true that you cannot mix tracks together and take credit for the finished piece and call it all your own work, even though the result can sound original (unless you’re remixing your own tracks, then you pretty much take all the credit- like Kraftwerk.)
Most music producers have skill in both mixing and producing. it has become far easier to produce music with the shift from using expensive hardware (which has it’s limitations) and the newer, more advanced software which means that anyone can make music. But not every one can make good music… the genre is massive and each movement within it has it’s own origins and distinctive sound. http://youtu.be/TlDMoI0ExS8
Thanks for the update on this wonderful exhibition. Anyone who had read the works of Joseph Campbell, and in fact any artist for that matter, will appreciate how important the concept of ‘journeying’ is to the individual and humanity as a whole. Congratulations to the four women who have created these beautiful works…and I particularly like Fen the Christmas Fairy!
I have to agree with you Lyall…DJing is an art in itself, no more or less valid than great artists/bands like Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk…there is room for everyone in this great game of music…now i am off to listen to my copy of ‘Phaedra’!
To Lyall nd Cassy, I do apologise for my rather, as you describe Cassy, sweeping statement regarding DJ’s. I know nowadays DJ’s add to the atmosphere of modern techno, rave and other styles of music, and bring life to these styles in which enriches the harmony and buzz in bringing people together for the greater communal good of everybody that enjoy music and what it means to them. I also know that DJ’s harness the technology of today in which to maintain and sustain the electrifying atmosphere they create which can be, like any music, overpowering and inspiring. This can be from mixing beats and rhythm together to using synthesized sounds, bass along with percussion and rhythm.
You mention Kraftwerk in relation to DJ’s cassy, but you completely forget that Kraftwerk have been around since the early 70′s using electronic instruments such as synthesizers and alike. Probably one of their best productions of music is Autobahn, Computer Worlds, The Man Machine, Trans Europe Express but to name a few albums/cd’s. They did have a number 1 in the UK Charts with the song ‘ The Model ‘, in 1981 and a later song called ‘ Show Room Dummies ‘ reaching into the top 30 of the UK Charts. Kraftwerk, like proper talented musicians, used the instruments for creating sound via composing and writing the music prior to converting the written music into sound via the instrument, as music should be in terms of truly representing it. Many people regard Kraftwerk as the ‘ Grandfathers ‘ of modern techno based music , but many other artists were also using and experimenting with electronic based instruments. Artists like Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre, Pink Floyd, ELO but to name a few. It was during the 80′s that synthesizers and similar instruments became more mainstream in their use. Lyall, it is most certainly not the case that I do not understand the concept of what DJ’s does or for that matter cassy, it being a lack of knowledge, I am basing my opinion on the whole concept of music production from its early development from the written music score to this of the actual sound and arrangement thereafter via other instruments or sounds. Yes, technology has had a profound affect on music and musical production, but in the vast quantity of this is based on the basic fundamentals of music is and how it is represented via music notation. I have 3 sound modules, synthesizer, various musical programmes and a sequencer to produce what music I wish to create. (from musical notation, sound synthesis, harmonic effects, mixing, sampling but to name a few functions via digital technology).
You mention Kraftwerk in relation to DJ’s cassy, but you completely forget that Kraftwerk have been around since the early 70′s using electronic instruments such as synthesizers and alike. Probably one of their best productions of music is Autobahn or Computer Worlds. Kraftwerk, like proper talented musicians, used the instruments for creating sound via composing and writing the music prior to converting the written music into sound via the instrument, as music should be in terms of truly representing it. Many people define Kraftwerk as the first creators to use and experiment with electronic based instrument, but Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre and few other artists have also been using such instruments before they became more mainstream in the 1980′s. Lyall, it is most certainly not the case that I do not understand the concept of what DJ’s does or for that matter cassy, it being a lack of knowledge, I am basing my opinion on the whole concept of music production from its early development from the written music score to this of the actual sound and arrangement thereafter via other instruments or sounds. Yes, technology has had a profound affect on music and musical production, but in the vast quantity of this is based on the basic fundamentals of music is and how it is represented via music notation. I have 3 sound modules, synthesizer, various musical programmes and a sequencer to produce what music I wish to create. (from musical notation, sound synthesis, harmonic effects, mixing, sampling but to name a few functions via digital technology).
This sounds like a wonderful program, and I must say that the ticket price is reasonable. I’m sure it will give the Shetlands music scene an enormous boost!
Just from looking at these small images on your website, I have to say that Graeme’s works look great, and they really bring out the ‘atmospherics’ of the amazing Shetlands!
I should have made it clear that there is a great deal of difference between mixing and producing- Kraftwerk have been remixing their own tunes now for decades, so I guess they are DJ’s, but not strictly.
It is true that you cannot mix tracks together and take credit for the finished piece and call it all your own work, even though the result can sound original (unless you’re remixing your own tracks, then you pretty much take all the credit- like Kraftwerk.)
Most music producers have skill in both mixing and producing. it has become far easier to produce music with the shift from using expensive hardware (which has it’s limitations) and the newer, more advanced software which means that anyone can make music. But not every one can make good music… the genre is massive and each movement within it has it’s own origins and distinctive sound.
http://youtu.be/TlDMoI0ExS8
Thanks for the update on this wonderful exhibition. Anyone who had read the works of Joseph Campbell, and in fact any artist for that matter, will appreciate how important the concept of ‘journeying’ is to the individual and humanity as a whole. Congratulations to the four women who have created these beautiful works…and I particularly like Fen the Christmas Fairy!
I have to agree with you Lyall…DJing is an art in itself, no more or less valid than great artists/bands like Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk…there is room for everyone in this great game of music…now i am off to listen to my copy of ‘Phaedra’!
I really hope it goes well, too! What an amazing achievement to knit 914 square metres…now can anyone tell me how many stitches that is?
Hope you do well with your knitting will try to knit some squares but I ambusy with Knitting mania in primary schools but will try hard best of luck.
To Lyall nd Cassy, I do apologise for my rather, as you describe Cassy, sweeping statement regarding DJ’s. I know nowadays DJ’s add to the atmosphere of modern techno, rave and other styles of music, and bring life to these styles in which enriches the harmony and buzz in bringing people together for the greater communal good of everybody that enjoy music and what it means to them. I also know that DJ’s harness the technology of today in which to maintain and sustain the electrifying atmosphere they create which can be, like any music, overpowering and inspiring. This can be from mixing beats and rhythm together to using synthesized sounds, bass along with percussion and rhythm.
You mention Kraftwerk in relation to DJ’s cassy, but you completely forget that Kraftwerk have been around since the early 70′s using electronic instruments such as synthesizers and alike. Probably one of their best productions of music is Autobahn, Computer Worlds, The Man Machine, Trans Europe Express but to name a few albums/cd’s. They did have a number 1 in the UK Charts with the song ‘ The Model ‘, in 1981 and a later song called ‘ Show Room Dummies ‘ reaching into the top 30 of the UK Charts. Kraftwerk, like proper talented musicians, used the instruments for creating sound via composing and writing the music prior to converting the written music into sound via the instrument, as music should be in terms of truly representing it. Many people regard Kraftwerk as the ‘ Grandfathers ‘ of modern techno based music , but many other artists were also using and experimenting with electronic based instruments. Artists like Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre, Pink Floyd, ELO but to name a few. It was during the 80′s that synthesizers and similar instruments became more mainstream in their use. Lyall, it is most certainly not the case that I do not understand the concept of what DJ’s does or for that matter cassy, it being a lack of knowledge, I am basing my opinion on the whole concept of music production from its early development from the written music score to this of the actual sound and arrangement thereafter via other instruments or sounds. Yes, technology has had a profound affect on music and musical production, but in the vast quantity of this is based on the basic fundamentals of music is and how it is represented via music notation. I have 3 sound modules, synthesizer, various musical programmes and a sequencer to produce what music I wish to create. (from musical notation, sound synthesis, harmonic effects, mixing, sampling but to name a few functions via digital technology).
You mention Kraftwerk in relation to DJ’s cassy, but you completely forget that Kraftwerk have been around since the early 70′s using electronic instruments such as synthesizers and alike. Probably one of their best productions of music is Autobahn or Computer Worlds. Kraftwerk, like proper talented musicians, used the instruments for creating sound via composing and writing the music prior to converting the written music into sound via the instrument, as music should be in terms of truly representing it. Many people define Kraftwerk as the first creators to use and experiment with electronic based instrument, but Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre and few other artists have also been using such instruments before they became more mainstream in the 1980′s. Lyall, it is most certainly not the case that I do not understand the concept of what DJ’s does or for that matter cassy, it being a lack of knowledge, I am basing my opinion on the whole concept of music production from its early development from the written music score to this of the actual sound and arrangement thereafter via other instruments or sounds. Yes, technology has had a profound affect on music and musical production, but in the vast quantity of this is based on the basic fundamentals of music is and how it is represented via music notation. I have 3 sound modules, synthesizer, various musical programmes and a sequencer to produce what music I wish to create. (from musical notation, sound synthesis, harmonic effects, mixing, sampling but to name a few functions via digital technology).