opening a can of worms with that comment...have you seen mills play live on a 909??....but yea they are both way beyond most anyone when it comes to programming a 909...lets just say they are both VERY good at what they do....;-)
michael www.renegaderhythms.com > I'd personally put hawtin above mills.... Im basing that off live 909 use > though :\ > > this si a fun thread! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 1:34 PM > Subject: Re: (313) the funky 808 drummer > > >> Chicago: >> >> real basic rhythms >> very crucial >> >> jesse saunders >> vince lawerence >> farley "jackmaster funk" >> chip e >> k-alexi >> marshall jefferson >> larry heard >> lil louis >> >> >> Detroit >> >> jeff mills >> rob hood >> james pennington >> claude young >> shake >> derrick may >> i love what trackmaster lou does as well >> and richie definatly has had his moments (plasticman anyone??) >> >> just a few although so many artists in detroit have great drum >> programming, i bet thats why we all love detroit techno so much!! >> >> michael >> www.renegaderhythms.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Reading Iridial's bio on Lee Purkis (InSync) it states: >> > >> > "Lee is one of the greatest Drum Machine programmers that England has > ever >> > produced." >> > http://www.irdial.com/people/in_sync.htm >> > >> > Now I don't really doubt this but I haven't heard enough InSync tracks > to >> > say otherwise (working on that - anyone got any they want to sell? ;) >> ) >> > >> > but I'd like to ask others - who do you rank up there and *what >> tracks* >> > are >> > your favorite or rank up in the top programmed drums? >> > >> > MEK >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >