TIP:

There is a reason that all the original metronomes could not be set to an odd number of beats per minute.

That has to do with the human perception of time being tied to the planetary measurement of time, and the reason that there are 60 seconds to the minute, 60 minutes to the hour, etc.

If you want your performance to reach out to what people naturally perceive but don't actually know why or think about, try setting your BPM to the closest EVEN number.

Why?

Because the song is the DANCE.

This is true regardless of whether you are targeting the so-called "dance music" or not.

We have an even number of feet, dig.

A song can "dance" -- and should -- to a listener, regardless of whether or not they actually intend to dance, whether or not they even can dance.

In this case, I would then change that 93bpm figure to 92, which, if you study great performances around that tempo, you will find all over the place.

The only time I give in to an odd BPM in today's sequencing programs is when the task is to work with pre-existing recordings, typically done live, and the target comes out to match the odd setting. Then, of course, a compromise must be made. (And of late, I've been using Melodyne to first correct such issues to the Even BPM with great results most of the time.)


--Mac

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