A little history........
2005-02-08 - 1:22 p.m.
Huggybear747 (12:38:26 AM): Well, a turntable is more then what people make it out to be, and it is what it is OctopusFleg (12:38:40 AM): true Huggybear747 (12:38:50 AM): it's more then an instrument, there's no need to prove a scratch is music Huggybear747 (12:39:21 AM): there's no need to try to incorporate it into notation.......it is a blend of new and old......it can be all these things Huggybear747 (12:40:50 AM): in everything, new things sometimes hurt to hear, and sometimes old instruments and styles can be watered down and repetitive OctopusFleg (12:41:02 AM): true OctopusFleg (12:41:19 AM): thats why making beats in its primary stages is flawed Huggybear747 (12:41:31 AM): I think alot of it has to do with just being young, the culture, the evolution of the instrument itself OctopusFleg (12:41:33 AM): your dumbing down the past OctopusFleg (12:41:49 AM): people listen to music and don't think about an instrument OctopusFleg (12:41:52 AM): i realized that OctopusFleg (12:41:56 AM): i don't think i did too OctopusFleg (12:42:04 AM): i would here a great rap beat Huggybear747 (12:42:24 AM): but it took hundreds of years to make music music back then, you take a turntable and turn it into a whole culture and approach to sound in the span of say, 30 years.......it's quite amazing OctopusFleg (12:42:30 AM): but it would never register, ooo that jazz guitar is great/ has a great sound. or i really like that plucked bass Huggybear747 (12:42:50 AM): I never paid attention to lyrics hardly OctopusFleg (12:42:55 AM): me neither OctopusFleg (12:42:58 AM): u know Huggybear747 (12:43:00 AM): and that's what really drives the genre right? Huggybear747 (12:43:05 AM): that makes it different OctopusFleg (12:43:06 AM): i always had this thought OctopusFleg (12:43:17 AM): when i was probably in elementary school Huggybear747 (12:43:20 AM): but I never paid attention OctopusFleg (12:43:29 AM): we were driving at the top of my street OctopusFleg (12:43:36 AM): and i know i thought it before OctopusFleg (12:43:40 AM): but i remember that time OctopusFleg (12:43:47 AM): it ws in our old-ass van OctopusFleg (12:44:11 AM): i thought, "what will happen if another good beat never comes out" OctopusFleg (12:44:16 AM): it scared me OctopusFleg (12:44:27 AM): but then sure enough, another good beat would come out OctopusFleg (12:44:42 AM): somewhere along the line though this changed OctopusFleg (12:44:55 AM): and now indeed is the time where no good beats come out OctopusFleg (12:44:56 AM): on the radio Huggybear747 (12:45:00 AM): Yeah, I think alot of my beginning musical tastes were to serve a purpose of conformity OctopusFleg (12:45:05 AM): not everywher, but on the radio OctopusFleg (12:45:15 AM): really OctopusFleg (12:45:27 AM): i went to an all white (basically) school OctopusFleg (12:45:40 AM): no one liked rap in elementary school Huggybear747 (12:45:48 AM): I listened to what I had to listen too, mom driving around and it was oldies, hanging out with my black friends, it was rap and R&B Huggybear747 (12:45:55 AM): Then it was grunge and metal OctopusFleg (12:45:57 AM): i was the only one, along with this black dude i know Huggybear747 (12:46:04 AM): but always had rap and oldies in the back of my head OctopusFleg (12:46:10 AM): hahaa Huggybear747 (12:46:40 AM): and the only time I wanted to listen to music for me was when I found my parent's records and looked at covers like DISCO TEX AND THE SEXOLETTES and BT EXPRESS NON STOP OctopusFleg (12:46:49 AM): then in middle school when puffy became out and the words "all about the benjermins" came out, i started liking rock Huggybear747 (12:47:01 AM): and this german disco record with a girl in a wet tshirt OctopusFleg (12:47:05 AM): hahaha OctopusFleg (12:47:07 AM): thats tight Huggybear747 (12:47:10 AM): fascinated me to no end Huggybear747 (12:47:29 AM): I remember it took so long to actually even listen to those records Huggybear747 (12:48:11 AM): I remember listening to Fat boys and stuff with my friends when I was real young, but I never really delved into my parent's records until they were in a packed box, in my room in GA where I had nothing to do Huggybear747 (12:48:17 AM): and they just spoke to me Huggybear747 (12:49:03 AM): but then on, I did still listen to listen to what everyone else listened too Huggybear747 (12:49:12 AM): even in hip hop and vinyl Huggybear747 (12:49:26 AM): but most everything after that point was new and exciting Huggybear747 (12:49:57 AM): but I still listened to the underground sources, the CMJ magazines, my friend Kevin who had some knowledge and records OctopusFleg (12:50:07 AM): hahah Huggybear747 (12:50:22 AM): pretty soon it the newness and excitingness wore off Huggybear747 (12:50:34 AM): it took a couple of years Huggybear747 (12:50:51 AM): and I did enjoy the fact that I was the kid that "listened to the weird stuff" OctopusFleg (12:50:51 AM): they say u change your musical taste every 7 years OctopusFleg (12:51:01 AM): i still do Huggybear747 (12:51:29 AM): and for a time I felt like an ambassador or something, a politician pontifficating my own personal experience Huggybear747 (12:52:35 AM): I got caught up in the telling, I forgot about the experiencing for awhile OctopusFleg (12:52:50 AM): yeah that happens Huggybear747 (12:53:18 AM): if it wasn't for old vinyl and things like napster and audiogalaxy and the world wide web Huggybear747 (12:53:39 AM): I'd still be digging, for what, I'd probably have less of a clue maybe OctopusFleg (12:53:55 AM): yeah Huggybear747 (12:54:04 AM): If I didn't meet the people I met OctopusFleg (12:54:09 AM): i used to sweat shit but not pursue it Huggybear747 (12:54:11 AM): I'd still be digging OctopusFleg (12:54:15 AM): now i pursue all Huggybear747 (12:54:43 AM): Well, it's a trend I feel amongst our brethren Huggybear747 (12:54:51 AM): and I hope the trend continues OctopusFleg (12:54:58 AM): i mean that in terms of many things Huggybear747 (12:55:03 AM): I know OctopusFleg (12:55:03 AM): it is a trend OctopusFleg (12:55:05 AM): its good Huggybear747 (12:55:14 AM): It is living OctopusFleg (12:55:20 AM): thats true OctopusFleg (12:55:27 AM): very true Huggybear747 (12:55:40 AM): who knows what happens next, but it's exciting now Huggybear747 (12:55:44 AM): for sure OctopusFleg (12:56:02 AM): thats true Huggybear747 (12:56:50 AM): damn straight Huggybear747 (12:57:01 AM): I'd put a brick on it Huggybear747 (12:58:46 AM): Yeah, it's time for that sandwich Huggybear747 (12:58:54 AM): life is sweet Huggybear747 (12:59:21 AM): gotta have some bread to counterbalance the sweet, add some hot maybe, and a little tinge of sour OctopusFleg (12:59:49 AM): haha OctopusFleg (12:59:52 AM): thats true Huggybear747 (12:59:57 AM): delicate, yet sophisticated like a faggot with brittle bone disease OctopusFleg (1:00:02 AM): the flavors OctopusFleg (1:00:18 AM): word up Huggybear747 (1:00:25 AM): peass out brotha Huggybear747 (1:00:31 AM): night! OctopusFleg (1:00:34 AM): peace yo
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