next big trend

hmmm let's prognosticate... i wonder what the next big musical trend may be...

any takers?

[Chaorta]

Maybe playing from the heart rather than the wallet.

That would be keen.

my guess country reggae, country world music, etc etc now isnt that silly?

i agree, play from the heart, be real! i'm thinking in terms of the evil music industry (record companies and radio etc), what is their next genius genre move to be?

[johnS]

Whatever it is, I hope it's a retread of some past trend!

[johnS]

Seriously, though, has anyone done a convincing integration of electronic and live music? Bands have locked into click tracks for a while now, but has anyone figured out how to lock a computer to a band's rhythm section? Seems very possible, and more organic than the ol MIDI click. If you could do it, you could sync up LFOs and such. Throw in some Ableton Live type real-time sample manipulation, and it could be cool. Has this become a trend yet?

[Chaorta]

Originally Posted by johnS

Seriously, though, has anyone done a convincing integration of electronic and live music? Bands have locked into click tracks for a while now, but has anyone figured out how to lock a computer to a band's rhythm section? Seems very possible, and more organic than the ol MIDI click. If you could do it, you could sync up LFOs and such. Throw in some Ableton Live type real-time sample manipulation, and it could be cool. Has this become a trend yet?

It has, but mostly in the experimental and electronic genres. A few bands (like Tool, for example) use live drums along with tap tempo for seqeunces, samples, etc.

[dagosto]

I think disco is going to come back for the third or fourth time.

the next big trend will be musicians who can actually play thier instruments.

[johnS]

Originally Posted by Chaorta

It has, but mostly in the experimental and electronic genres. A few bands (like Tool, for example) use live drums along with tap tempo for seqeunces, samples, etc.

I love using tap tempo, but you have to keep tapping as the band naturally wanders away from the tempo. I was thinking it wouldn't be impossible to write an algorithm that could sense the pulse of the music on its own. Like a smart side chain/control voltage type thing that could tell when the sound broke through a threshhold, and by how much, and in what frequencies, etc. I bet you could do a lot with that info. Like dynamically interpolate the time between transients to figure out the clicks down to whatever--64th notes or something. You could then use that info to sync up electronic stuff. Someone must have developed something along these lines.