An American Banned

My work with Orbitronik and Blackhouse is driven primarily by electronic rhythms, MIDI timecodes and sampling technology. With gallons of the grooviest gear spilling off my desktop and the ability to "fix", "correct" and "perfect" every nuance in my music, is it any wonder that the biggest mistake I could ever make would be to rely solely on these machines to create my musical characters? I mean, yeah: I like my gear and my drumbox... but there's something so incredibly gratifying that happens when I pick up some drumsticks and just play! It's a feeling of freedom because I don't have to plug 'em in and I don't have to tune them... much, anyway. It's instant satisfaction! Forget sequencing too! Gimme my trusty old 4 track cassette recorder - it's less bother. And while we're at it, let's throw caution to the wind & dump any preconceived notions about song composition or lyrics - it's all too pretentious and confining! I'd rather just make it up as I go.So what do we have here? My drums, my bass, my guitar work and my voice. That's it. It's all improvised on the spot, and it's all about having fun - something I forgot about for far too long.