well i love this topic!

Secrecy.....

Well the internet's changed all that my friends. There's still lots out there that you think - jesus who the HELL is this but then a quick 5 minute internet search and you've got their home address and their favorite dog breed. I think there is still a romantic aspect to facelessness that I really love but the plain fact is, if you're faceless I'd really love to see you make a life out of music - the mp3 gen changed all that for the techno industry.

Ableton......

A really, really beautiful piece of software. Hook it up rewired in Cubase or another sequencer and you really have alot of power. It's definitely got limits when used on it's own, but so has every piece of software. I think if you're serious about pushing musical limits, you need to constantly be looking at any type of sequencing software out there, trying it out, feeling the power of technology and using it in your production if it offers something new or different. recently i've actually gone back to some old versions of programs and tried to make tracks in them - you wouldn't believe how each version makes you think soooo different!

Loops.....

I love them. I spend hours on my outboard midi stuff just sampling and then making loops. I also spend hours collecting loops from sample CD's too. via a prog like ableton, it's soooo quick and easy. if you're simply importing someone else's loops and using the same 4 bar loop over a track this is so not techno but albeton makes it easy to not do that. Loop it from a different start point, transpose the **** out of it, use your fave effects over the top. man, this is just so hands on!

Death.....

Of techno? Well I hear too much good stuff every week to agree. I think the reason why ppl say year after year after year that techno is dying is cause they are losing interest, growing old. Well there's always someone else coming along to fill your shoes! You've got to evolve with the music, but that's what keeps it exciting! Sure I would give a right arm to be dancing to Analogue Bubble Bath 1 again but life moves on! It's a simple fact about music. Some ppl windge and grow old and then get dissilusioned and then move on but others accept there has to be change, sure we're p'ed off but hey, f it, i'll play the good stuff in my bedroom if i have to. until then, try your hardest to find the new thing!

Emotion....

Well it's why we're all in it ;)

Techno.....

Everything.

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