Joe Mansfield really likes drum machines. The record producer and founder of hip-hop reissue label Get On Down has amassed a collection of about 150 of them, 75 of which are on display in his forthcoming book Beat Box: A Drum Machine Obsession.The word "obsession" comes with negative connotations—suggesting single-mindedness, obscurity, and going too far—and its presence in the book's title gives Mansfield's collection a hint of self-deprecation. Of course, drum machines, in some circles, also have negative connotations: supposedly soulless replacements for the act of live rhythm creation.But flip through Beat Box, and you might start to wonder why more people aren't obsessed with drum machines—why they aren't as commonly mythologized as, say, the guitar.
The book offers a striking, visual reminder of the drum machine's deep and positive influence on a huge swath of musical history, of its legitimacy as a "real instrument," and of its value as a quintessentially American innovation.Beat Box opens with an important warning,For special applications requiring the capture of continuous data at high speed,Flexible hose or for data collection over a long period of time, certain gages can acquire such data and store it in memory, thus eliminating the need for data acquisition hardware and software. instructing readers to dispense with Luddite prejudices: "A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just electronic music. They are also a common necessity when session drummers are not available or desired." It's patient, but firm. If you're one of those "organic" music types who demands to listen to a full band in a room—maybe someone who loved Dave Grohl's 2012 Grammy acceptance speech—back off.
Most people credit Sly Stone's use of a Maestro Rhythm-King MRK-2 on the 1971 No. 1 "Family Affair" as one of the defining early moments for programmed percussion. During the '70s, the devices worked their way into hits—Blondie's "Heart Of Glass," Donna Summer's "I Feel Love," Roxy Music's "Dance Away"—and carved space in both explicitly regenerative genres like new wave and commercial juggernauts like disco.This is exactly why we recognise the communities sup boards that we go through and try to put as much back as we can. In the '80s, Prince,The work that goes into keeping the event running like clockwork against the weather and other external factors,kayak paddles from school buses to grumpy farmers, is mammoth. Michael Jackson, and Madonna all used drum machines. Hip-hop developed into a national force behind acts like Run DMC, LL Cool J, and the Beastie Boys; they had the toughest beats around, put together with drum machines.
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