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SIMPLE MADE EASY@jeffsigmon #lambdalounge 12/1/2011
WORD ORIGINS
Simplesim-plex
one fold/braidvs complex
Easyease < aise < adjecens
lie nearvs hard
SIMPLE
● One Fold○ One Braid○ One Role○ One Concept○ One Dimension
● But Not○ One Instance○ One Operation
● About lack of interleaving not cardinality.
● Objective
COMPLEX
SIMPLE
EASY
● Near, at hand● Near to our
understanding/skill○ familiar
● Near our capabilities
Relative
HARD
EASY
Constructs and Artifacts
Software versus Music
RAMONES
RAMONES - WIKI
● The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974.
● They are often cited as the first punk rock group● They performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for
22 years.● Studio albums
○ Ramones (1976) AWESOME○ Leave Home (1977) AWESOME○ Rocket to Russia (1977) AWESOME○ Road to Ruin (1978) PRETTY GOOD○ End of the Century (1980) PRETTY GOOD○ Pleasant Dreams (1981)○ Subterranean Jungle (1983)○ Too Tough to Die (1984)○ Animal Boy (1986)○ Halfway to Sanity (1987)○ Brain Drain (1989)○ Mondo Bizarro (1992)○ Acid Eaters (1993)○ ¡Adios Amigos! (1995)
RAMONES - I THINK OF...
● SIMPLE● RAW● LOUD● GENUINE● MINIMAL
○ barely adequate or the least possible
THE GIST
The Ramones had simple approach to music.
This approach provide a template for others to easily get started with
music.
RAMONES
SIMPLE
"We wanted a simple drummer, a time keeper"
Joey Ramone
SONG
● few chords ● no solos ● play same part ● 4/4 beat● always fast,● always short
LYRIC
● One ConceptBeat on the bratBeat on the bratBeat on the brat with a baseball batOh yeah, oh yeah, uh-oh.What can you do?What can you do?With a brat like that always on your backWhat can you do? (lose?)
BEAT ON THE BRAT
PERFORMANCE ● count 1,2,3,4 before songs● short sets● no time between songs
IMAGE● brothers, family● surname● black leather● torn jeans ● sneakers● look at those
shoes => no laces!
● one font● same eagle● album art● one pose
EASY
HOW?
● Near, at hand○ 2,263 concerts (102 year)
● Near to our understanding/skill - familiar○ Startup Kit/Template
● Near our capabilities○ Johnny Ramone: 'What do you do? Are you in a band?○ Paul Simonon: "Well, we just rehearse. We call ourselves the
Clash but we're not good enough."○ Johnny Ramone: 'Wait till you see us—we stink, we're lousy, we
can't play. Just get out there and do it.'"