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170005, sitting in airport ill answer what i can.
Posted by 15, Mon Dec-22-14 11:41 AM
>Peace QL. I know that rhodes, piano, and the ASR-10 are his
>main weapons of choice in regards to keyboards he uses on his
>album and I now hear a lot of organ as well. I also wanted to
>know what keyboards and synths he was using for this album.
>There's some serious keyboard work going on in Prayer and I
>know the ASR-10 (when flipped right) can come up with some
>amazing and very analog sounding patches, but I can kinda hear
>Oberheim sounds on it as well. I really wanna know what sounds
>he used on "Til It's Done"

i snuck some photos of his Sunlight-esque (see Herbie back cover for reference) set up. there are WAY more vintage keys and guitar amps this go round than for voodoo. don't know the names tho. but ill find the flicks and post on my IG.




>The string parts of Back To The Future. Are they a combination
>of sampled strings and live strings? How much did Claire
>Fisher's son Brent contribute to the album besides Really
>Love?

Claire wrote "Really Love" but didn't conduct (death)---there is a string version of "Another Life" that D is passionate about. i feel the rawness of this version is more Delphonics/Moments esque and thus more "true" to the song.


>Overall, I wanted to know if you can tell me to the best of
>your knowledge about all the different keyboards that he was
>using on each song on the album..(if that's not to much to
>ask)?


see above. or follow Ben Kane and Russ on social media. they posting a lot of stuff.


>If more than 85% percent of the guitar playing is him and if
>he's the one playing Sitar on Another Life and the slide
>Guitar on The Door and I especially wanna know what songs did
>Jesse play on (I have a feeling he definitely played on Ain't
>That Easy?

ill find out. i know that Jess, Sharkey, and D mad work



>Did Q-Tip hit D with a beat for D to flip and reconstruct with
>live cats on Sugah Daddy or is Sugah Daddy a full-on D
>composition that Tip may have helped arrange and contribute
>production tips on. I say that because it a very Q-Tip
>sounding joint and his name is the the credits as co-writer.
>Again, very curious to know what Tip actually contributed to
>this joint..


lot of people are underestimating and overlooking that Tip was actually WRITING LYRICS for this record. they did this in LA at Jim Henson.



>Did Fred Wesley's work ever make it to any parts of the album
>(or did he and the crew get down on another song that didn't
>make the album)?

the funk bomb called "What It Do" damn near got arthritis playing 16th notes on the hi hat funkin that hard for 9 mins.




>And lastly, is that Kendra's background vocal work on 1000
>Deaths and The Charade?

Charade yes. gotta check on Deaths.