-Listen to the BBC Radio One documentary on the Roland TR-808:
-Take note of some of the songs and/or artists they mention that use this instrument (or any of the other instruments discussed, such as the 909 and the TB-303.
-Track down 2 of these songs on the Internet and see if you can pick out some of the drum machine sounds (or bass-line sounds in the case of the TB-303).
-Post links to these songs on the discussion board along with the artist and title of the song.
-Think about how the sound of the drum machine changes the overall timbre or feeling of the songs. Would it have sounded the same with live drums or a live bass player?
-These kinds of sounds are commonplace in our musical culture; think about why they are so popular, especially in dance music.
-We live in a highly mechanized and automated society; does music like this reflect that? How?
