Re: on grooves, drum machines, etc.

["Art Simon" <simart@gmail.com>]

That sounds really cool. Any mp3s or samples I could hear?

On Dec 27, 2007 9:23 AM, Dan <danielalbertini72@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Oh yeah man I definitely know what you mean!!!  Although I have just 
>been using the drum machines
> about 15 years or so.  I have recently been using super cheapo depo drum 
>machines and looping thru
> the boomerang.  I then loop another on top taking care of adjusting the 
>levels then I let the real
> magic start with the slight human variance creating doubling then 
>tripling and so on and so forth
> until coming back to original but thicker more toneful pattern.  The 
>return to the original
> pattern sometimes takes close to twenty minutes or so!  To clarifiy 
>something the original pattern
> is consistently playing outside of the loop, I also run the drums 
>through fx.  Kinda hard to find
> people to talk to about this.  It is a way of great musical inspiration 
>for me, I will often just
> listen to the beat and layers intermixing for many hours on end kinda 
>inducing a meditative state.
>  Wait till the revelation hits and off I go with the new inspiration 
>that finds its way to me
> again breaking the monotony of things.
>    Peace Out Brother!!!  Thank You and Wishing you many more blessings
>    from loopy delightful inspirations in the new year 2 B!!!
>    All the best "Lightsight"
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