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Janet (Ms Jackson if you’re nasty)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Janet has been on my mind a lot the past few months, what with Michael, and I was driven to go listen to Control again.

Filed in Music | Also tagged candida haynes, drum machines, eighties, erykah badu, janet jackson, jimmy jam, joni mitchell, mashups, michael jackson, new jack swing, nicole bishop, pro tools, production, q-tip, remixes, revival revival, Sampling, terry lewis | Comments (2)

The Beatles were an electronica band

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Why are the Beatles still so cool? By which I mean the late Beatles, Revolver onwards. I like Please Please Me as much as the next guy, but it isn’t why the Beatles are cool now. No, I mean the last few records, especially Sgt Pepper, the White Album and Abbey Road. If any of [...]

Filed in Key Musicians, Music, Recording, Sampling, Video Games | Also tagged abbey road, analog, audio, audio editing, beatles, common, divorce, hip-hop, john lennon, kanye west, mellotron, memes, mixtapes, multitracking, paul mccartney, remixes, rock, rock band, Sampling, tape, tape editing, Video Games | Comments (2)

His name is Prince, and he is funky

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Hip-hop artists love Prince. Like them, he blends drum machines, live jazz-funk musicians and samples of other songs.

Filed in Composition, Hardware, Key Musicians, Music, Sampling | Also tagged digging the crates, drum machines, eighties, george clinton, guitar, keybs, pop, remixes, rock, sample maps, Sampling, synths | Comments (1)