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Thread started 04/05/13 9:31pm

thebanishedone

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Songs with best linn drum programming

your favorite linn drum or lm1 songs are? this is my list: Peter Gabriel-Shock the Monkey ,Pat Benetar-Love is a Battlefield , Isley Jasper Isley -Look the Other Way , Cars-Drive ,Billy Ocean-Lover Boy,Michael Jackson-Wanna Be Starting Something,Prince When Doves Cry,777-931 1,Def Leppard -Photograph,Madonna-Starlight...there are so many more.
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Reply #1 posted 04/06/13 5:33pm

thebanishedone

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wow,i'm the only orger who likes linn drum,nice:-D
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Reply #2 posted 04/17/13 1:20pm

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I saw this topic before, but skipped it for later. Okay yeah, I've watched some Linn demos on youtube and they are interesting and learnfull. One of the first times that I read about the drum machine was in an interview with Donald Fagan, during his album "The Nightfly" in 1982. I haven't listened to that album for some time, so I am not sure on which tracks the Linn appears. I would have to check also other releases or read in credits of those where the Linn is used. Great instrument and cool list of songs in your first post!

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Reply #3 posted 04/17/13 4:03pm

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Agree with the Peter Gabriel shout - other favorite tracks from that album for the drum patterns are Kiss Of Life and I Have The Touch.

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Reply #6 posted 04/17/13 8:00pm

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thebanishedone said:

your favorite linn drum or lm1 songs are? this is my list:777-9311

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How Prince programmed the drum track for that tune warrants a Grammy

nomination today alone.

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Reply #7 posted 04/18/13 8:16am

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duccichucka said:



thebanishedone said:


your favorite linn drum or lm1 songs are? this is my list:777-9311

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How Prince programmed the drum track for that tune warrants a Grammy


nomination today alone.


you're right but maybe he had help.Morris programmed indetical hi hat patter for mechanical emotion with Vanity
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Reply #8 posted 04/18/13 1:40pm

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Shango said:

I saw this topic before, but skipped it for later. Okay yeah, I've watched some Linn demos on youtube and they are interesting and learnfull. One of the first times that I read about the drum machine was in an interview with Donald Fagan, during his album "The Nightfly" in 1982. I haven't listened to that album for some time, so I am not sure on which tracks the Linn appears. I would have to check also other releases or read in credits of those where the Linn is used. Great instrument and cool list of songs in your first post!


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thank u very much Shango
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Reply #9 posted 04/18/13 11:09pm

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thebanishedone said:

duccichucka said:



thebanishedone said:


your favorite linn drum or lm1 songs are? this is my list:777-9311

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How Prince programmed the drum track for that tune warrants a Grammy


nomination today alone.


you're right but maybe he had help.Morris programmed indetical hi hat patter for mechanical emotion with Vanity
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I never understood the hype. Morris was a terrific drummer, but I never heard any interesting drum programming on his solo efforts, and the best drum tracks on early The Time was Prince. I don't see how Prince would not be capable of programming it. It's far easier to program than to play it live. He just usually favored minimalistic drums that gave more room for melody, vocals and other textures etc. Just listening to what this man did almost alone in 78. He has an ear for composition wink
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Replica said:

thebanishedone said:


you're right but maybe he had help.Morris programmed indetical hi hat patter for mechanical emotion with Vanity
[Edited 4/18/13 13:43pm]

I never understood the hype. Morris was a terrific drummer, but I never heard any interesting drum programming on his solo efforts, and the best drum tracks on early The Time was Prince. I don't see how Prince would not be capable of programming it. It's far easier to program than to play it live. He just usually favored minimalistic drums that gave more room for melody, vocals and other textures etc. Just listening to what this man did almost alone in 78. He has an ear for composition wink

aSyncopared hi hat line from 777-9311 is almost the same as Mechanical Emotion a Vanity duet with Morris Day.The hi hat sounds like the hi hat from the 777-9311.It

Linn drum beat on Mechanical emotion is prigrammed by Morris.I think Morris helped Prince with orogramming on777-9311
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Replica said:

thebanishedone said:


you're right but maybe he had help.Morris programmed indetical hi hat patter for mechanical emotion with Vanity
[Edited 4/18/13 13:43pm]

I never understood the hype. Morris was a terrific drummer, but I never heard any interesting drum programming on his solo efforts, and the best drum tracks on early The Time was Prince. I don't see how Prince would not be capable of programming it. It's far easier to program than to play it live. He just usually favored minimalistic drums that gave more room for melody, vocals and other textures etc. Just listening to what this man did almost alone in 78. He has an ear for composition wink

aSyncopared hi hat line from 777-9311 is almost the same as Mechanical Emotion a Vanity duet with Morris Day.The hi hat sounds like the hi hat from the 777-9311.It

Linn drum beat on Mechanical emotion is prigrammed by Morris.I think Morris helped Prince with orogramming on777-9311
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Reply #12 posted 04/19/13 8:23am

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thebanishedone said:

Replica said:


I never understood the hype. Morris was a terrific drummer, but I never heard any interesting drum programming on his solo efforts, and the best drum tracks on early The Time was Prince. I don't see how Prince would not be capable of programming it. It's far easier to program than to play it live. He just usually favored minimalistic drums that gave more room for melody, vocals and other textures etc. Just listening to what this man did almost alone in 78. He has an ear for composition wink

aSyncopared hi hat line from 777-9311 is almost the same as Mechanical Emotion a Vanity duet with Morris Day.The hi hat sounds like the hi hat from the 777-9311.It

Linn drum beat on Mechanical emotion is prigrammed by Morris.I think Morris helped Prince with orogramming on777-9311

Then my question is, why didn't he program his own music too? Was he responsible for the intricate rhythm patterns in ballad of Dorothy Parker too? I'm pretty sure Prince did both. I gotta hear Mechanical Emotion again.
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Reply #13 posted 04/20/13 8:15am

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thebanishedone said: thank u very much Shango

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welcome man thumbs up!

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duccichucka said:

thebanishedone said:

your favorite linn drum or lm1 songs are? this is my list:777-9311

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.

How Prince programmed the drum track for that tune warrants a Grammy

nomination today alone.

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triple tru cool

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