I love the cassette. I know. It sounds bad, and it breaks and it "warbles", but it's cheap, it's quick and it's amazing at hearing what I just did five minutes ago that I think might be my next big riff!
Ever see the movie Pic Of Destiny? There's a section where they didn't hit record and they missed the great idea. That's what I'm talking about.
This past week I watched Jimmy Page play in the Documentary "This Might Get Loud".
I can't get over how amazing he produces sound from the guitar. I FEEL IT when he plays...on video. (Imagine if I was in the same room? I'd explode from Feeling, for sure.) I spend hours of days of years trying to do what he does.
So This week, I dropped the handheld radioshack cassette in front of the practice amp in the room my daughter calls the "guitar room" and I recorded 30 minutes of guitar music that will eventually morph into 5 or 6 songs for something. Maybe a Fear The State song, or a riff for TV production or for the many Hip Hop people I've been working with in the studio this summer...who knows. But the point is, I captured the music while I jammed through it on my cassette and I think you should too. Don't whine & don't cry it sounds bad. Just get those ideas down and get it done. This might be your next big hit.
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