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On Nov 15, 3:07pm, Matthew Robert Chicoine wrote:
> Subject: Re: Long but hopefully inte
> Jason-
> Right on bro. Actually, the point about the sampler has been one
> I've been thinking about seriously. This is probably not any grand
> revelation, but the sampler itself was primarily inspired by the
> techniques developed by the DJ. One of the first technical developments
> of the DJ was to manually loop the "breaks", started by Kool Herc,
> developed and perfected by Bam, GM Flash, and others. You are absolutely
> correct in seeing the parallel between a sampler's function and a
> function of the DJ. Recognize that the early DJs and still many Djs of
> today loop shorter segments of songs, like a four-bar break, as opposed
> to merely linking whole songs. This is what the idea of the sampler was
> based on, as well as hip-hop production (they are all closely
> intertwined). So, the DJ is functioning on one level as a "live" sampler,
> doing the work that an electronic machine would be doing in the studio.
> Yeah, this whole discussion really does come down to a love of
> music. I still feel we need to re-evaluate how a musician can create
> music and what exactly qualifies them as one. A friend of mine said
> "Music is any sound manipulated for pleasure, either for one's own, for
> others, or both." The key word here is pleasure. Manipulating sound for
> pleasure is probably one of the most spiritual and enigmatic processes
> known to the human race. Forgive me for not knowing the origin of this, but-
> "Rhythm is fundamental to the spirit, like the beat of a tribal drum. Let
> it in and it will set your soul free. Ya dig?" Knowhatimsayin? Peace-
> Bubblish Kid
>-- End of excerpt from Matthew Robert Chicoine
-- Eric Hardman