Jimi Hendrix producer Eddie Kramer is definite he can use AI to avoid wasting a recording of Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin taking part in collectively. He simply has to search out the tape first.
In a brand new interview with The Vinyl Guide podcast (audio beneath), Kramer mentioned the opportunity of rescuing previous materials utilizing the approach that just lately introduced the Beatles’ “Now And Then” to fruition.
“When one uses the phrase ‘AI,’ it’s not really – it’s really advanced digital manipulation,” the producer stated. “Now the technology has become so evolved that here’s a cassette tape of John [Lennon] playing piano, and now they’re able to isolate the voice.”
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He continued: “We’ve always had something similar; maybe not quite as good … As the technology has expanded now, we’re able to become quite clever about the quality that remains thereafter. And if it requires some quote-unquote AI manipulation? OK, that’s fine.”
Kramer identified that he had loads of expertise rescuing Hendrix’s performances from low-quality tapes. “I’ve done it before, but now it’s going to be on a much higher level,” he stated. Asked if it meant extra Hendrix materials was “around the corner,” he replied: “There are tapes that I would love to get my hands on with John [McDermott] and Janie [Hendrix] and say, ‘Hey, maybe we can do X or Y.’ … I would hesitate to use ‘around the corner’ because that corner could be quite lengthy, [but] hopefully, yes.”
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Kramer’s ideas then turned to the tales of an impromptu jam between Hendrix, Morrison and Joplin. Most tales revolve round an occasion in 1968, however the focus of these is Morrison’s drunken habits resulting in an assault by Joplin, which resulted in all three musicians combating on the ground of a small membership.
Kramer indicated he was pondering of a distinct event, when a extra musical efficiency had taken place. “That’s possible,” he stated. “It was at the nightclub that became Electric Lady Studios. Originally it was called the Village Bar, and then it became … the Generation nightclub, which Jimi used to go down and jam a lot in. Then it became the Electric Lady.”
He concluded: “Somebody has got a cassette somewhere. Tell them to contact me, and we’ll fix it.”
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