learning about j dilla’s workflow and thought process is something that changed my perception of music a little bit

he said that quantization (or “snapping to grid”) would make your songs sound more robotic since in its organization, it’d be perfect. too perfect for any human to repeat it in such a way, making the premise of being Perfectly On Beat really lifeless

honestly, a good majority of musicians nowadays make music almost strictly electronically (especially me considering how many modular things i have). so in order to have a specific energy with your track, you have to let go of those electronic restrictions and just do your thing

of course that doesn’t equate to everyone since we all have our own personal beliefs to what music is, but i just found j dilla’s take on it to be interesting and worth sharing as it could maybe spark new perceptions and ideas throughout other electronic artists like it did to me

that doesn’t mean absolutely everything has to be perfectly on beat. personally the way i can implement it is have basic instruments (such as a kicks snares and percussion) on beat, and do the rest of the stuff to my own ability without said quantization

i say this so i can show an example of how you can take away from what he said whilst still being original. other than that, just wanted to talk about the topic since it was interesting. i hope everyone’s doing well today, end of thread