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Re: Drum MACHINES

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Rex" <tomrex1@cox.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 6:06 AM
Subject: Drum MACHINES


> That's where I'm at in this point in time.  Right now my emphase is on 
> MACHINE, not drum.  I want to make beats that have somewhat of a machine 
> quality to them, a machine rhythm.  That doesn't mean that there can't 
>be 
> variety to them, if that's what I'm looking for
>
I read an interview with Stan Ridgeway of Wall of Voodoo (remember them? 
Great, great band of the '80's) where he commented that "drum machines 
should sound like appliances, not drums." I like that idea.