. . .there is a demo idea for a song presented —maybe even a rough sketch that contains samples— to the arranger. The beatmaker basically hands the idea over to the arranger and the arranger either orchestrates or gets a live band to play their interpretation of the beat. Not necessarily "replaying" it; more like reinterpreting it.

Unless, of course, there weren't any samples in the original song idea. Then it's just treated like a production and arrangement job. Whether or not it would be a big orchestrated production, 1970's style to use your examples, would be entirely up to the producer and arranger.

It would put the focus back on the studio and shaping musicians, that's for sure.

I think it would be a fun experiment. For live performnace, the beatmaker could just go in and sample their own record, so the need to tour a whole band would be absent.

~Austin

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