Re: Drum MACHINES

["Tony K" <bigtonyk@gmail.com>]

I read an interview with a producer (wish I could remember who, Quincy
Jones I think) who when asked if he wanted to introduce some
'humanization' into his drum machine track, responded that if he
wanted it to sound human, he'd have hired a human. :)


Wall of Voodoo had one song I remember and can't get out of my head!
Mexican Radio.

"Rather be in Tijuana eating bar-be-qued iguana."

Oh no, there it is again.

Tony (off to crank some Zeppelin to get that damn song outta my head)

On 9/25/07, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25 sep 2007, at 18.27, Dave Trenkel wrote:
>
> > I read an interview with Stan Ridgeway of Wall of Voodoo (remember
> > them? Great, great band of the '80's)
>
> Sure! "I don't know how to live... but I sure know how to die". I
> wanted to like them in the 80's put choruses like the quoted just
> kept me at a distance ;-))
>
> > where he commented that "drum machines should sound like
> > appliances, not drums." I like that idea.
>
> Yes. I think it was from magazine interviews etc that I wanted to
> like Wall of Voodoo back then. Their musical philosophy attracted my
> curiosity.
>
> He, he... I remember the first drum machines. When I read about drum
> machines being manufactured I just couldn't wait until they would
> appear in the stores. And when I finally got around to check out a
> drum machine I was really put off because it "sounded just like
> drums". I had never imagined there were people around that wanted a
> machine to sound like a guy bashing drums. Little did I know.... ;-)
> I had envisioned drum machines to sound more like banging metal
> containers or pneumatic industrial processing etc.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> www.looproom.com (international)
>
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Tony