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Janet (Ms Jackson if you’re nasty)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Here’s my remix of Janet Jackson’s “Nasty” featuring Barbara Singer, Nicole Bishop and Candida Haynes. Nasty by ethanhein 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)