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winterchylde	Date: January 31, 2004 @ 1:32 AM Which of the following three templates do you identify with most? Feel free to expand on your methods after choosing A, B, or C. Artist A creates original content with hardware and/or software. 90% - 100% of this artist's music is original. He/She takes pride in the creation of every melody, beat, riff, and so on. Very few (if any) commercial loops can be found in all of this artist's music. Artist B creates original content with hardware and/or software, but likes to incorporate loops/samples from time to time. 50% or more of this artist's music is original. He/She enjoys creating original material, but has no problem with using licensed/copyright free samples/loops in songs. A moderate amount of commercial loops can be found in this artist's music. Artist C creates very little (if any) original content. 90% - 100% of this artist's music is licensed/copyright free loops/samples. He/She enjoys arranging and sometimes editing samples/loops. Many commercial loops can be found in all of this artist's music.
winterchylde	Date: January 31, 2004 @ 1:37 AM I can identify with the Artist A template the most. I've used loops for remixing songs in the past, but I've been aiming for 100% all original content for awhile now. If anyone compliments me or asks how I made a certain sound or part, then I can take credit for it and explain. I know that it doesn't matter to everyone, because it's a personal choice for each artist.
PaBlikMM	Date: January 31, 2004 @ 1:53 AM B
OneUnderAttack	Date: January 31, 2004 @ 6:23 PM Artist A definately even though people say we sound like 311's old stuff, You should hear some of our tracks, most of them actually aren't the same. http://oneunderattack.dmusic.com/
missvolatile	Date: January 31, 2004 @ 6:25 PM I would say Artist A as I have yet to use any loops or samples in any of my songs. They may be sloppy and weird, but they are all mine
Jesuszilla	Date: January 31, 2004 @ 7:17 PM I would have to say B, but all then again all the samples in Reason are more like instruments, fully customisable and I never use premade tunes. The only stuff I record myself is my guitar. For A, do you mean they record everything themselves?
victorsskull	Date: January 31, 2004 @ 7:57 PM I guess A
sinai	Date: January 31, 2004 @ 8:57 PM B
TameasDust	Date: January 31, 2004 @ 9:21 PM E
sinai	Date: January 31, 2004 @ 9:30 PM always gotta be difficult don't ya Tam
vozz	Date: January 31, 2004 @ 9:36 PM A
TameasDust	Date: January 31, 2004 @ 9:54 PM
MickeyBreezy	Date: January 31, 2004 @ 11:12 PM i guess b, but does it count if u take a copywrighted beat n make another beat w/ the same tempo n similar drumline but the rest is diff
JanTosh	Date: February 1, 2004 @ 1:17 AM Artist A. I'm not sure how to say it, but I guess my songs are built from the ground up. The melodies are my melodies that I made/recorded, not edited from loops. The synths are usually custom jobs as well. Interesting topic, I see no one has claimed to identify with Artist C yet. I guess that could be resulting from social stigma.
ronnie71	Date: February 1, 2004 @ 5:37 AM D none of the above
NeverMorning	Date: February 10, 2004 @ 9:59 AM Something between A and B...
kredd	Date: February 10, 2004 @ 11:58 AM A
djfacemachine	Date: February 10, 2004 @ 1:20 PM A
Distilled1	Date: February 10, 2004 @ 2:07 PM A does an old fire truck hand-crank siren count as a loop
cryo-e	Date: February 10, 2004 @ 2:16 PM B
mawcs	Date: February 10, 2004 @ 3:19 PM A Do "commercial" loops include loops I've made (and sold)?
robbydadrummer	Date: February 11, 2004 @ 2:42 PM " id="85709">A most definately no samples, no covers... just 100% straight up instrumental freeform rock jams here. http://ouchyonder.dmusic.com
Gmonk	Date: February 14, 2004 @ 4:50 PM Bit off all. Depends on my mood G
YaBoyDrew	Date: February 16, 2004 @ 10:41 PM Completely original minus the producer
JennyK	Date: February 18, 2004 @ 1:02 PM A For sure!
dkeifer	Date: February 18, 2004 @ 1:19 PM A
notserp	Date: February 18, 2004 @ 1:43 PM A....what's a loop?
johnnygnote	Date: February 18, 2004 @ 2:51 PM A
MonnieB	Date: March 10, 2004 @ 6:40 PM I think I'd be an A...
smooka	Date: March 10, 2004 @ 8:15 PM notserp says whats a loop... heh
Autophage	Date: March 10, 2004 @ 10:34 PM A, definitely. I don't remix or anysuch unless it's shortwave radio samples, and those are often too mangled to recognize.
dboon	Date: March 10, 2004 @ 11:31 PM A???Why take anyone else's stuff when you can write your own.
Etheracide	Date: March 11, 2004 @ 6:58 AM Myself..and Chad are A type artists. In fact, our latest song Cold Shadow is the ONLY one where we use any type of loop and that's because i really wanted drums in it and I can't get my drumset to record correctly with my standard methods of recording. Normally we do not bother with putting drums to songs for that reason, but I had just the right loop in Acid Pro so I threw it in there. We do covers as it can always fill a set and you never know what type of crowd you will play for any given show and they help fill out any songs that you may nix for a particular show because you feel that they may be "innapropriate" for that given audience. But generally we like to covers songs that we personally enjoy and get a certain type of satisfaction out of performing it. We occasionally record some of our covers for anyone that may want to hear them, but I've never offered any on DMusic other than our cover of the Muppet Babies Theme Song haha
shinkaide	Date: March 12, 2004 @ 11:36 AM Ummm... I'd say A and B... me band's A, myself's a B...
ebarbarella	Date: March 12, 2004 @ 6:21 PM Pop Dolls 100% original... that will be artist A
mrpathetic15...	Date: June 14, 2004 @ 9:37 PM Hay ebarella, your from pop stars, your burnin hot when it comes to looks, but when it comes to music your just as good
staind1	Date: June 14, 2004 @ 10:17 PM i don't really understand the questions, it seems like it's geared towards one person making all the music through or mostly on a computer, all mine is done with a full band, original singing, guitar playing, all songs written and recorded on decent track recorder with a built in CD burner, then it's transfered to MP3 on a computer but that is it. no loops, no bullshit. just 3 guys. one playing bass, one drums, one all guitar parts and vocals, mixed together then burned for a nice demo to send out to record companies and radio stations. anyway, if i screwed up on this thread no worries....sleep seems to be over taking me at this time zzzzzzzzzzz
RaXDaCapo	Date: June 14, 2004 @ 11:07 PM I would say between A and B. It's hard to tell. I'd say A cause for the most part, our music is original. No covers.
Maffmatix	Date: June 14, 2004 @ 11:12 PM in between A and B
furiousBall	Date: June 15, 2004 @ 8:38 AM Friggin' A
kingo	Date: June 15, 2004 @ 8:55 AM We are C, without a doubt. Everything we create is 100% ripped off from something else; there is a boombox embedded in my head (my head's not actually bigger than a normal head; the boombox has been fitted using some really state-of-the-art technology allowing a large object to fit inside a seemingly smaller object,) and I open my mouth and broadcast sounds which ceom from said boombox out to my bandmates, who then transcribe what they hear so that we can re-create the stuff later. We then do that, though imperfectly. It really sucks when the batteries run out on the boombox, because then we are left without anything to do. One day we do dream of writing a song ourselves, though.
Intergalacti...	Date: June 15, 2004 @ 10:35 AM Hmm borderline A/B because I like doin covers live
sqrlcub	Date: June 15, 2004 @ 1:48 PM Definately an A. I do some cover tunes out in traditional folk music but even those have a lot of arranging and new spins on them. Still 90ish% original melodies and such.
LimeGreenLegend	Date: June 15, 2004 @ 1:59 PM I'm D, use no loops, or software, just an 8track. About 70% original material.
ICF	Date: June 15, 2004 @ 2:07 PM Hmm well im gonna say A cause i dont exactly do live gigs or anything so all the stuff i do is just me and my piano. So all my personal stuff is 90% mine.
synthsect	Date: June 17, 2004 @ 6:41 AM A, with the occasional cover
100thmonk	Date: June 17, 2004 @ 10:33 AM well, i'd say iam am mostly type A, here on d music.. but i do play alot of jazz and other peoples music live.. hmmm.. good question... like halaka's answer the best..
kingo	Date: June 17, 2004 @ 10:36 AM
sween	Date: June 17, 2004 @ 4:44 PM A - I have used drum loops because I cant play drums, but am now creating my own beats the way I want them, but everything else is MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
DeltaF86	Date: June 18, 2004 @ 2:11 AM I say the way I think is A, but sometimes I get goddamned angry and for Tangent I just used one canned drumloop. Listen and you will see. I hate that though.
pancreaspuppet	Date: June 18, 2004 @ 5:50 AM I'd say A... But I think that there is a difference between just slapping in royalty free loops, and really digging for interesting samples. I do use some loops, but I say A because the few loops I do use are meticulously selected, and digging for them often takes a lot longer than it would take to arrange the sounds myself.
Katanaman	Date: June 19, 2004 @ 4:11 PM Somewhere in between A and B. I only do original stuff but some of my jungle tracks feature the INFAMOUS amen break. I alter it a lot, though...