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Prince the Hendrix of linn drum More then a few times i have heard people calling Prince the Jimi Hendrix of Linn Drum,because of his inovative way of using linn.Do you think Prince is maybe the best linn drum programer or not? | |
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Interesting question. It's difficult to answer because you have to go back and remember/figure out which of 1000s of songs used the Linn rather than other drum machines. Or one can ask who are the best drum programmers. Prince and Timbaland are among the tops for me. And as much as I love some of their songs, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis would be near the bottom of my list of drum programmers among the successful producers/performers. "Love & honesty, peace & harmony" | |
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Love Prince's work with the Linn, but I defy you to point me to a single instance of him being labelled the "Jimi Hendrix of the Linn Drum". | |
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TwiliteKid said: Love Prince's work with the Linn, but I defy you to point me to a single instance of him being labelled the "Jimi Hendrix of the Linn Drum". man,google it.a lot of reference to Prince being called Hendrix of Linn.i think even a singer from Pet Shop Boys used the term.google prince the Hendrix of linn and u will see | |
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I can find a few isolated examples of that by using google (all from this site except for one though
How about "Tony Williams of Linn Drum" instead? | |
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). It's a pretty silly way to describe his drum programming skills in any case - especially considering he that he happens to be also one of those guitarists that can do Hendrix type of solos on the guitar pretty much like Jimi used to play them.
Again, a rather ridiculous comparison... "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0 | |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk...m-machines
"[...] What's the best ever DMX/LM-1 song? Drum machine aficionados regard Prince as some sort of Hendrix of the LM-1; see his The Time classic, 777-9311. The crashing DMX in New Order's Blue Monday takes the prize for Oberheim.[...]"
[Edited 3/5/13 2:17am] " I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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I think the comparison is justified because Prince, just like Hendrix on the guitar, used a lot of unique tricks and effects, guitar pedals and whatnot, to create his trademark Linn sound. " I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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Just like his... uhm, guitar sound? | |
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KoolEaze said: http://www.guardian.co.uk...m-machines
"[...] thank u Kool
What's the best ever DMX/LM-1 song? Drum machine aficionados regard Prince as some sort of Hendrix of the LM-1; see his The Time classic, 777-9311. The thanx Kool :)crashing DMX in New Order's Blue Monday takes the prize for Oberheim.[...]"
[Edited 3/5/13 2:17am] [Edited 3/5/13 6:23am] | |
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Ok, fine, you got one. | |
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It's hardly a common label though.Here´s another interesting link with some info on how Prince used the Linn. By the way, the link contains another Hendrix comparison. " I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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Right. Since when does a linn drum garner as much respect as a guitar anyway? Kind of an empty accolade if people were throwing that around.
But yeah, P was better than most at programming a machine. |
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