Just heard from my buddy that he picked up a loop pedal for his guitar. Which led me to think about how much technology has changed since the late 80’s – 90’s. For a few of us, on a very limited budget, recording music consisted of “cassette tracking”. This involved recording different instruments on different cassettes, overdubbing (playing recorded tape and recording live on new tape), then trying to somehow blend the parts without EQ’s and other leveling tools. Definitely not professional studio style recording. The only “leveler” between line and recording, was sometimes a cheap Realistic mixer from Radio Shack.
My recording adventures started during my rap phase. We used samples, we slowed down vinyl records to take pieces and parts from existing songs. We cut-in movie parts, added generic keyboard based record scratches. All through overdubbing and that very basic mixer.
So, going back to the rap phase, I thought I’d drop a few gems that never received a whole lot of attention. Consider this, my old school rap post.
Def Jef – Droppin’ Rhymes on Drums
