Homeboys got it so easy these days –It’s hard to believe all the instruments and sounds included in this brief theme are sitting dormant in bits and pieces (and pieces made of digital bits), ready to slice, warp and line up at the push of a few buttons.
Don’t get me wrong, I still believe that the most enduring music comes from one person and their instrument alone in the spotlight, but there was a time when I would have given a gallon of rum to get my hands on a real erhu…
Of course, the cut and slice generation DID give us this little ditty…
Which was promptly covered on the Japanese shamisen… (yes, I know it’s old… but still smile-worthy!)homeboy.
