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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