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QUOTE (Ott^ @ Jan 28 2004, 02:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
I'd always thought that the constraints on dance music would be looser, but thanks to the genre-isation of things, they turn out to be about the same.
Even more so I'd say.
A few years back I decided i didn't want to be a sound engineer anymore and I decided I was going to make use of the studio I'd built up over the years and make some records. It seemed obvious that, as my best mate ran a trance label, I should do some trance tunes, so off I went.
I'd never had any particular love of music that went "Doof!", but I figured that was the best way of getting some records out and got busy with the kik drums. My heart wasn't really in it, and it was a bit of a loveless enterprise, but I came up with 2 tunes and burned them onto a CD.
Next day, I took them round to my mate's house to play them to him, like you do.
In my case though, my mate happens to be the all-time, undisputed Guv'nor of Goa Trance, so it took some nerve giving him the disc.
He was very good. He sat there nodding, tapping his foot and even laffing at the horribly contrived "weird" bits.
When they had finished he said "Yeah - really good mate - well done. We'll have them."
I was surprised. I could tell he didn't really mean it.
Feeling like I'd got something out of my system, I went home and decided to treat myself to making a bit of music PURELY for my own pleasure. I wouldn't ever play it to anyone, I wouldn't try to make it sound like anything, no genres, no rules.
PURELY for my own enjoyment.
So I did.
It came together really quickly and was a total joy to make. I used all my unfashionable influences and drew from all the periods in my life when I was really happy and turned on. I nicked bits of 60's and 70's dub, 80's Ska, 90's chillout [On-U-Sound - Dub Syndicate] and fragments of everything I'd ever loved without a thought for what anyone would think of it.
For the first time ever I was making stuff for nobody's ears but mine, and it felt really good. When it was done, I burned it onto a CD and put it in the cupboard with a heavy sigh.
Next day, I started on another sexless Goa Trance workout, hoping it would be the one that paid my rent. Played it to Simon. More nodding. "Yeah mate - really good."
Then, while he was in the bath, I asked him if I could check out my *other* tune on his monitors - just to see what the mix sounded like. Three minutes in he came stumbling out of the bathroom in a towel going "Whats this?? its excellent!"
I could tell he meant it.
"Its called 'Somersettler' but its just a bit of fun.." I said sheepishly.
Two months later, Somersettler appeared on Backroom Beats and was quite well received.
The lame Goa Trance tunes never saw the light of day.
Thank God.
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Mate thats wikid! A classic tale of producing what your ears like, and finding out that others like it too! Mustve beena great feeling when the tunes u thought would stay in the cupboard became very popular! Nice 1!
Ahh soon will be my time!
