Greg Pattillo, Beatboxing and Rhythm Flute

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I read a lot around the internet and it’s come close to my attention that folks are doing every possible kind of Best-of-lists. No no no no no, wait! – I won’t do another one! I just… well: While that is repeating every year’s end, this year is kind of special: it’s the end of a decade. And in my own case it has been a crazy one. I formed a band, quit my job and my career in the advertising industry, toured with the band across Europe, published eight records (2 albums, 5 e.p.’s and a vinyl single), took (foster)care of my 14 year old brother-in-law, internet killed the video star, I shot several videos for my band and others, I  became father of a son, got married, created a comic blog, moved to another continent and at the very end I am typing words into the internet through this little blog and I must say, … It’s been a pretty nice decade for me.

So how should I end my personal decade? I decided to do it this way: *taking a long breath* … shortly after the wall came down I bought a pretty crappy (but cheap) Casio Tone 470. The sounds were (even for that times) bad but I loved it because it had a 64-keys-fingerboard with big keys and MIDI. At the beginning of this decade I was kind of remembering that old thing and I was considering what to do with it: throw it away or keep it? I decided to keep it for a last job: I did some experimental recordings to get to know my new recording program I had freshly installed back then. I used some samples, like drum sounds, vocals and the Muse-guitars on the third one and some of my guitars on the second one, but the most of the other instruments are created by the grizzly sound chip of the CT 470. Enjoy it, use it for whatever you want. For me it just somehow represent the beginning of the decade and so I want to close it exactly how it was opened to my ears. Cheers.

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