by
Gps » Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:07 am
I am starting to wonder if my base line loop is too long. ( cynical joke, its to musical
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According to wiki:
"On and On" (1984) by Jesse Saunders is often cited as the 'first' Chicago house record. It utilized the TB-303, TR-808, Korg Poly-61, minimal vocals, and sampled bassline from Player One's space disco song "Space Invaders" (1979).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUeMFG4wjJw
The first UK house hit surprised me , it's a track I know well, but not sure I would have called it house,
Its more disco to me, don't ask me why.
Love Can't Turn Around - Farley Jackmaster Funk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDtbXxemnPw
Both have a shorter bassline loop, then my track.
Mine is 8 bars, with some variation to make it 16 bars. Both tracks have an 4 bar loop, if I am hearing this right ?
This makes me smile, I hope we all can laugh about this,
They call my track repetitive, but for it to be really house, its not repetitive enough.
Somebody could have told me there was a 1 bar limit on the base line loop.
Edit:
Made some progress, I realised I had two basslines, and they did not work together to build the groove.
One is off beat, the other one on and off beat, which was why I had so many issues with one of the basslines, it never sounded right,