Grammy Award Winning Producer/Engineer/Songwriter/Publisher, and DJ,
Ricco Lumpkins aka the Vet Boi™, gives tips and advice from recording, mixing, production, to music business techniques!!!
I use a few different Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) for creative inspiration. I put together these 3 tutorials on utilizing Propellerhead Reasons 6.0. I hope you guys find theme useful.
I grew up playing drums in my father’s church. Once I was
exposed to my very first drum machine, I put the sticks down for years. Today,
I will, occasionally, pick them up and dust them off. I will play along with my
brother. He plays keyboards, piano, and organ. To me, the drum machine was my
escape from reality. Despite the limitations of the ROM chips, I remember back
in the day learning how to create beats with my old friend and production
partner, Willie. He would show me tips and tricks I would have never thought.
Modern music has been utilizing drum machines for many
years. The very first drum machine dates back between1930-1932 by Henry Cowell
who commissioned Léon Theremin. It was called the Rhythmicon. Some experts will
argue the Wurlitzer Sideman from the 1950s was the first (Synthgear).
(Joseph Schillinger and the Rhythmicon)
(Wurlizter Sideman)
Recently, I did a Google search on vintage drum machines.
To my surprise, I found many of them I had previously owned. Here are just a
few that I found:
Linn LM-1 by Roger Linn (Prince made this famous in the early 80’s)
Oberheim DMX
Alesis Hr-16
Roland RY-30
I know there are plenty of sampler based drum machines, but most of these you had to think outside the box if you wanted extra sounds.
With the evolution of the music industry, technology has
also changed. The Maschine brought back feelings of inspiration with the feel
of legacy gear but with the freshness of today’s software integration and
efficiency. I have included two videos for comparison.
Vet Boi™ Maschine Part 1 of 2
Vet Boi™ Maschine Part 2 of 2
Wurlizter Sideman in Action
Ricco Lumpkins aka the Vet Boi™
VBMG, LLC
Linn, Roger (2012). http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/about.html
