Listening History
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Oakland, United States
I grew up in a time when computer music was not accessible. As a kid, I was so interested in making mixes, that I built a mixing setup by using a dimmer switch to lower the power running into a tape recorder so that I could beat-match with another tape player. 3 mono decks to make mixes. I went on to teach myself how to scratch with a cheap turntable using the volume knob on the front of my sears player. I then built a transformer toggle by using the fire button of an atari joystick, and running the signal from the turntable into the base of the joystick and then back out into a mixer. All of these cheap hacks enabled me to create rough but engaging mixes. At some point I adopted sampling on a PC before there were SoundBlaster boards, by using a telephone voicemail card. Eventually I bought a Roland S-50 and earned a small recording contract. Today my rig is much more advanced, but I often think back to the incredible things I did with next to nothing. Limitations foster creativity.