November 2011
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In Search of: Yamaha V50
Way back in the days Marley Swing purchased a Yamaha V50 for his home studio located in the basement of his parents house and for 6-9 months I commandeered it. I want to publicly apologize to Marley for hogging up his synthesizer for all those months, but I couldn’t help myself. It was love at first listen and every time I went to Marley’s to work on tracks I was on those keys with...
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The Science Behind my new EP "TRANSCEND"
TRANSCEND is not about Pete Marriott the Record Producer, but more so about Pete Marriott the composer. For this record I decided to revisit my Mr. Soultronica persona now that the very genre I created is now deemed acceptable by the gatekeepers who once balked at my then very new musical ideas of soulful electronic hip hop music and renamed what I created, with the ultra silly moniker of...
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Return of the Casio Avenger
I’m never one to be concerned with dating myself because unlike many in this business, I’m not ashamed of my age. Being in my 40’s is so fucking awesome that I’m kinda amused by younger upstarts that missed out on the great discoveries of my generation.
When I was 15 Years old I produced my very first record “Let’s Make Some Noise” b/w “This is...
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Too Much of That Snow White...
Rick James once said “Cocaine is a hell of a drug” after first denying that he ever put his muddy go-go boots on Eddie Murphy’s couch and then admitting that he did in fact do it. Way too many recording artists have made reference to the powdery narcotic then I can count, but either way I’m numb from listening to it all. So what is it about yayo that has American Pop...
