Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Yeah, my drum programming especially is based on my knowledge of playing a drum kit. For the bass too, definitely. It was the first thing that I translated any sort of ideas through. It must have shaped it somehow.
Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical.
When I was young, I had one of those Yamaha drum machines, and I used to practice to that quite a bit, just to practice soloing and being in time and completing all my phrases.
I play the drums, and I'm trying to teach myself how to play the piano.
I am just a guy who plays drums.
Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest.
I love the percussion. It's a right brain, left brain thing. There are different beats, but cooperating together. It's your whole body doing it, you're doing the snare drum and the high top with your hands and the bass drum with your foot. You're this whole motion machine.
I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation.
Midi is my hobby.
I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.