When I first got into recording I had a 4 track tape machine, a bass, guitar, mic, and a Roland tr 707 programmable drum machine.

My listening to music got very detailed at that time. I might just focus on a hi-hat for instance, trying to figure out the hi-hats role in a certain style of music.

Now, mostly using real tracks, I've lost the need to focus on how to fit the detail parts together.

There are pros and cons to that. I can certainly focus more on the bigger picture now, things like song structure, lyrics etc.

I wonder if I'm missing some of the education I use to get when I had to focus so much on the details.


Frank

Some tunes from me and my collaborator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvGqM6ktMW5ltTnyit1KWPg/videos


Band-in-a-Box Ultrapak 2019, Windows 11, Reaper, Behringer u-phoria UMC404HD, Kali LP-8