Hi there,

Under the moniker xdonricklesx, I've been messing around with my new turntables & exploring their capacity to help me create "chopped & screwed" music.

For those of you who don't know what that means, go 'head & google it; it's fascinating. My question, though, is whether or not it would be OK to post here in this forum the Shellac tracks I've done. I'm aware that Steve Albini has publicly expressed distaste for both hip-hop (which birthed the chopped & screwed sub-genre) and remixes (which is, essentially, what chopping & screwing a track is).

& of course, there's always the whole "artists rights" thing (LOL WTF YA RLY).

So, that's my spiel. So to speak. If it's cool to post the tracks (so far there's just a couple), I'd be very happy to, especially to get some feedback from folks who are more Shellac fans than rap fans.

Thanks in advance for whatever,


Mr. Graham

You'll probably get a lot of flack, but go ahead.

A friend of mine has remixed "My Black Ass" into hip-hop, so that's been done. I will be rhyming on top of it, so maybe we could have a battle!

You did not "create" "music".

Turntables are for playing recorded music. They are not musical instruments. Fuck that shit.

zom-zom wrote:You did not "create" "music".

Turntables are for playing recorded music. They are not musical instruments. Fuck that shit.

That's ridiculous. So I scratching is nothing more than noise to you?

Smarm is a mile thick here, so be warned.

But everyone here is closed-minded.

Richard wrote:

zom-zom wrote:You did not "create" "music".

Turntables are for playing recorded music. They are not musical instruments. Fuck that shit.

[listens to story about walking five miles in the snow to open for Husker Du]

Hee.

Damn kids with their pet rocks and their hula hoops and their hip-hop...

WHAKATA WHAKATA WHUBBA WHUBBA

Oh yeah, that's some fuckin' art there. Wonderful music. Amazing.

I tell you what, the bands I love have never moved me to tears. Scratching takes time and effort, and when it's done right, can really be something new and special.