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Post by joshilynhoisington on Sept 6, 2022 0:41:46 GMT
Yo yo yo, I made up a little video about Brian's use of horns in 1965, just a little thing to give you something to watch and listen to while I finish prepping the Let Him Run Wild track recreation. I hope you enjoy -- I play some isolated horn sections from a bunch of SDSN tracks I've been putting together, which I think are pretty cool to hear, if I may TOOT MY OWN HORN.
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 6, 2022 14:47:02 GMT
I like the point you made relatively early on in the video about the physicality of recording in that era. I think the physical side of playing is, maybe not quite lost, but certainly minimized in the modern recording environment. It has gotten so easy to either a) simulate real instruments and either play them on keyboard or program them in, or b) perform in small sections and just copy/paste to complete the full song.
This hit home with me only yesterday, when I was recording a super-simple, vaguely Motown-feeling bass part. I mean it's SIMPLE. But I don't really play a lot, generally only to write or record. I don't practice anymore, not on any instrument. (I should. I'm not bragging about this, by any means.) Well, even a simple little part starts to be physically taxing after two and a half or three minutes! The hands cramp a bit, or you lose the groove just a bit. In the case of horns--and I can say this as a former sax player, myself--the cheeks or tongue can get sore.
Even with simple music, the challenges in the very act of performing on physical instruments, straight through songs, song after song, shouldn't be understated.
Looking forward to the upcoming videos.
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