Before J Dilla there was Amp Fiddler ” Yancey began spending time at Fiddler’s home the late 1980s, digging through the extensive record collection Fiddler shared with siblings and advancing his skills in live instrumentation. Under Fiddler’s tutelage, the youngster was also gaining his first experience with drum machines and digital programming. “He learned the sampler real quick,” says Fiddler. “I’d show him how to quantize, how to freak shit, how to change the time signature, make the feel different, [and] make it fall ahead or behind the beat. He loved that.” Now you know where Dilla got his freaky shit from.. Read the full article here j-dilla/biography/
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 05:05:13 +0000
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