Wrong Way
February 24, 2009 4:34 PM
My keyboard comes with the typical drum patch. And layering. The two are not intended to be used together. This mercifully short (under 2 min) sketch shows what happens when you go down that one way street the Wrong Way...
Actually, I think this way of playing has potential. Like a dancer in a MIDI body suit, the piano lines create their own drum comping. The piano is a percussion instrument - literally! I just dashed this together in one take, and decided all the mistakes just add to the "do not play as intended" challenge. As happens in this sort of experiment, I didn't capture the best moments. But I think the recording demonstrates that if someone had the patience, this style of playing could actually work (maybe reassigning a few choice sounds).
The song is based on a theme song I wrote for an improv comedy sketch called "Greenbucks Cafe"; I was going to submit it for something else, but include it here to make up for such a raw recording.
Actually, I think this way of playing has potential. Like a dancer in a MIDI body suit, the piano lines create their own drum comping. The piano is a percussion instrument - literally! I just dashed this together in one take, and decided all the mistakes just add to the "do not play as intended" challenge. As happens in this sort of experiment, I didn't capture the best moments. But I think the recording demonstrates that if someone had the patience, this style of playing could actually work (maybe reassigning a few choice sounds).
The song is based on a theme song I wrote for an improv comedy sketch called "Greenbucks Cafe"; I was going to submit it for something else, but include it here to make up for such a raw recording.
posted by AppleSeed (2 comments total)
Fun! I've done the same thing once or twice -- not to this extent, but done some MIDI thing where a drum is getting accidentally triggered, and thought "oh, actually, that's pretty cool," and not something I would have thought of.
Let's hear it for wrongness!
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 1:13 AM on March 2, 2009
Let's hear it for wrongness!
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 1:13 AM on March 2, 2009
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posted by BrnP84 at 7:55 PM on February 24, 2009