Scratch was one of my first experiments a couple of years ago with Apple’s GarageBand music creation software. The electric guitars were the only instruments I actually played — the rest of the tracks are built from canned loops included with the program. After recording the first guitar track I hunted around and found a suitable drum loop, and had it switch over to a more energetic version at the appropriate times. The bass loop was transposed to the guitar track. It needed something else for more character and after a while I found the tuba loop (no, not Tuvalu). About the only “tricky” thing I did was chopping the loops to fit some of the shorter transitions. It’s a bit like fridge magnet poetry, but the magnets are phrases instead of individual words. Cathartic, fun, and pleasingly odd. Despite the title, there’s no actual record scratching (wiki wiki); it’s just a “scratchpad” type sketch.
This is my first podcast as well. As soon as I figure how, I’ll post instructions for subscribing.
Edit: Aha. For iTunes, here’s a direct subscribe subscribe link. If you have a different podcast client, just subscribe to the rss feed for Banter, also shown at the bottom of the front page.
