I would
bet that people were saying that the
electric guitar would or
ought be
eliminated when it was about as old as
sampling is these days. The
thing is, whether you like it or
not, sampling is here to stay.
Forever.
Just like the
geetar, the
range of
sound produced by
sampling has left its
mark. Like the
guitar, it will
never ever go away.
A more recent
development along these lines is the
extreme use of the
Roland TR-909. First mega-
popularized by people like
Chris Sheppard in the early
nineties it too is here to stay. Some tracks
released a
month ago, apart from
improved
production, sound as if they could just as easily been
put out in
1993.
The
organic and
tactile sound of the guitar is what makes people
feel as though they have some kind of
connection to the
artist.
The
repetitive nature of sampling is what people find
hooky.
The sound of a
909 is what makes people wanna
dance.
See also: electronic music
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