From Alex Ball.
Whilst the E-mu SP machines are most famous for their use in Hip-hop, they were used by numerous artists in different genres and in different ways.
To that end, I thought it would be interesting look at why and how it was used on Joe Satriani’s 1987 album "Surfing with the alien".
A note – I am aware that playing Joe Satriani songs on an Ibanez JEM is like doing a video about Spider-Man whilst dressed as Batman, but the JEM is the guitar I have. 😀
0:00 Intro
0:58 References
1:24 Custom Samples
3:29 Hi-Hat Shenanigans
4:21 Computer Games
5:01 The SP-12 Setup
6:31 Live Cymbals
6:54 Outro and Surfing with the alien cover
References:
https://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-satriani-talks-surfing-with-the-alien-track-by-track
https://repforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php?topic=25380.0
Bongo Bob NAMM Oral History:
https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/bongo-bob-smith
