He lets the audience sing the entire first verse, and then deadpans, "You're gonna put me out of a job," which is a fun “lighters up” arena rock moment. The original version from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ 1976 debut is, of course, a classic. A new essential element in creating his record. Because I didn’t know, at the time, that it would be something people used to produce recording demos or small-time, and he had the vision to see it as a new sound. He added, “The exposure of the LM-1 Drum Computer to other people. I had made this new product, and people liked it, but it was his prominent use of it on his hit recordings that was a tremendous help to me.” First of all, it was an absolute godsend for me. In March 2017, he appeared on The Current’s Prince Remembered podcast where he talked about the artist’s use of the LM-1. He co-founded Linn Electronics which created a variety of drum machines that utilized digital samples. The drum machine referenced is the LM-1 Drum Computer and is referred to by the shorthand of LM-1. A fun thing I learned from Dan Charnas' J Dilla book is that the clap in the original Linn drum machine that Prince used extensively in the 80s was a recording of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers clapping backstage as a favor to Linn who was struggling with getting a good clap sound- Matthew Perpetua JanuRELATED: Prince Shared His Thoughts About the Internet in 1999 & They're Spot-On
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