Making beats the lazy way

Sometimes, like right now, I like to lay back on the sofa and make beats in Reason on the iBook and FTP them up to Jetpack so when I get back to the lab I can pull them into Pro Tools and add some keys or other found sounds. Broadband and cheap software have led to genuine distributed composition - different elements of a track can be easily created on different platforms in different locations at different times. For me, it helps beat back the sameness that can creep into making electronic music. Change your scenery, change your tools, change your output.

When I can rock beats on my phone and then email them to myself, we'll really be onto something. So word to Verizon - I don't want ESPN on my celly. I want a drum machine.