Q&A and Trivia
As is hardly ever the case around the White Rabbit Ranch, we will put the irreverance aside momentarily and answer some common questions and give some insider information as to dj erb's music and the White Rabbit Ranch as a whole. Look for new information to be posted here periodically. And to answer your first question, no...dj erb does not require two double A batteries. He actually needs those goofy 9-volt ones.
Mashuptalk with dj erb
Click on the above link to read an interview with Mashuptown.com giving detailed info as to how dj erb got started making remixes, who some of his influences are, and also his personal favorite remix.
Where did the name dj erb come from?
Actually it originally started as just e r b and the name itself has absolutely no meaning at all really. When it was time to start giving out some songs and remixes a name had to be chosen. e r b was the first thing that popped up and it was meant to be changed but it stuck with people so it stayed. You may have noticed the spaces in the original name e r b. That's because it was originally supposed to mean "electronic rhythms and beats" or "electric rhythm and blues" or something along those lines. After a short while e r b was changed to dj erb. Also notice that dj erb has almost always used either all lowercase or all uppercase lettering in his releases and online posts. Why, you ask? Why not.
Can we hear some of dj erb's old tunes?
When dj erb was e r b the music was primarily guitar based original songs. Unfortunately a singer or vocalist never came along at that time (and dj erb can't sing, trust us) so all the songs are intended to have vocals but they are instead instrumentals. So here is a real oldie for y'all with background info straight from dj erb. Do keep in mind that this is from around 1999 so the recording process wasn't exactly sophisticated. It's just dj erb on the guitar, no bass, and simple drum samples :
Aim of the Game (right click and choose Save Target As to download the song)
This is an interesting one since it was on the PTSD album. It was called PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) because I had just recently cut off the entire pad of my index finger on my playing hand in an accident. So everything on the PTSD album was played with 3 fingers and my index finger in a cast. It was interesting trying to learn how to play like that. I did get used to it and still occasionally play power chords today with my middle finger and pinky out of habit. I did at least learn how to do spider chords like Dave Mustaine because of all this, so I've got that going for me which is good. It was also hard to try and keep my index finger out of the way and off the fretboard with that cast or bandage on it. So you'll hear some artifacts and stuff in certain parts, like after the clean section when it gets heavy again with all those hammer-ons and pull-offs it was hard to keep my index finger and that cast from hitting the strings when doing those. And I didn't really bother doing re-takes in those days so everything has a bit of a live recording feel to it in a way.
Take Eleven
The album title 'Take Eleven' has nothing to do with how many tracks there were on the album. For starters, those that have the actual disc know that there are actually 19 tracks on 'Take Eleven' and not just the 11 listed. 'Take Eleven' is actually a reference to the coffee scene in the movie "Heat". Most everything you see in that classic scene between Pacino and DeNiro came from take eleven. So the album title 'Take Eleven' is in reference to that. It was both coincidence and a little intentionally misleading that 11 of the 19 tracks were listed for "Take Eleven".
68N-LNZ
68N-LNZ (right click and choose Save Target As to download the song)
This was an instrumental on the album of original songs and productions 'Before the Echo Fades'. The theme of the song was illusion, things are not what they seem. The title of the song came from an episode of "The Sopranos" from season five titled "Long Term Parking". Spoilers ahead for those that may have not seen it - In that episode Adriana is picked up by Silvio under the ruse that she is being taken to meet Christopher who has supposedly been admitted to the hospital. But this is all just an illusion. She is actually being taken out to the woods to be whacked due to her informing to the FBI. To give the appearance that Adriana has not been whacked but instead has hopped a plane and left, her car is put into long term parking at the airport. The license plate of Adriana's car is 68N-LNZ.
Look for more info to be added soon!