One of my first exposures to composition, and definitely my first exposure
to sequencers, was through a video game. Mario Paint for the Super nintendo
was a game that let you draw and write music.
Mario controlled the tempo in the sequencer and ran underneath the notes
bumping them to play them. The little mushrooms made a bassy sound and the
turtles sounded kind of like a marimba. Vertically it was just like a music
staff, so the metaphor was pretty direct. It got me excited about composing
in a way that my piano lessons didn't, so I think this is a really great
idea.
thanks for the link Steven!
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On 1/10/06, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@woh.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Steven Yi wrote:
>
> >I saw a link to this today:
> >
> >
> http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=db2f8da6-2e1b-48cb-b142-a90899e8a1a8
> >
> >Nintendo has a new program for their Nintendo DS game system for music
> >making.  Neat!
> >
> >
> From the description: "Even if you've never played a video game.... you
> can make amazing music with no instruction".
>
> I don't know where to begin... ;-)
>
> Reminds me of my favorite double-entendre line from the song Flashdance:
>
>     "And she's dancing like she's never danced before".
>
> Yep, just what I want to see. :)
>
> Best,
>
> dp
>
>
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