Re: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music & John Major

date posted 1st October 2002 14:05

> that depends greatly on how you write your songs.
>
Generally sitting round with a pot of the aforementioned coffee, a sheet of
paper with 'some words' on it and a couple of acoustic guitars - although
it's by no means unusual to find a riff and a groove during a soundcheck,
and have a funky new song written and performed that night!

> you don't need a whole load of stuff to do it despite what you may read
> in alot of the music tech mags - who promote gear lust... saying that i
> have two floor-standing ceiling high racks packed with stuff i never
use...
>
Quite right, and a lot of the older stuff is more reliable and sounds just
as good - or is certainly easier to get a good sound out of, without a
technical manual the size of War and Peace...

Cheers, Paul.