Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

It’s Just Like Starting Over Again.

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

I've been deeply involved with my new Korg ER-1 drum machine. I bought a Behringer Xenyx 1202FX mixer to plug all my toys together and I've been having a great time learning how to program the Korg ER-1. Without a sequencer, it's difficult to put together an actual song, but ...

One Down (and I Mean Down…), One to Go.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

The Korg EA-1 arrived first today. Overall the cosmetic condition was good, but a few of the pots were glitchy and the selection jog wheel skipped around. That's no good. One of the glitchy pots was the main volume knob. It would cut out one of the voices intermittently. Also ...

Countdown to Fat Beats.

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Tomorrow my ER-1 and EA-1 synthesizers arrive. I would have had them today but, it's MLK's Birthday so no deliveries. It's not been so bad waiting as I had my Casio CZ-101 to play with. Yeah, I got it after all. It was totally worth the wait. I met up ...

“Style 2 Sell”, My 1997 Hip Hop Hit.

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Today I went to the thrift shop to find a tape deck so I could start digitizing my shoe box full of demo tapes. I lucked out and found a pristine Technics deck and it sounds great. I have roughly 30-40 tapes with various musical pieces. Well they were attempts ...

Synth-O-Rama!

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Just a few steps closer to a full production studio. I purchased a Korg ER-1 and Korg EA-1. These two stand alone machines fill the same role as a Roland TR-808/909/606 and the Roland TB-303. Of course they aren't REALLY analog and nothing can really replace the Roland units, but ...

Total Posting Failure.

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

I haven't been posting to this blog and I'm really disappointed about that. But you know what? That's cool. That's the past. I need to get back in the habit (actually there are more than a few habits I need to cultivate) and I will try to post something everyday ...

Microsoft Songsmith

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

First, watch a bit of this: Then watch this: Repeat with any other Songsmith videos you can find. You're welcome.

4 Track Mind.

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

These last couple days, I've been talking (both via email and voice) with my best friend Andy. He lives in LA. For those that don't know, we've known each other since 3rd grade and got in to all sorts of hyjinks through out junior and senior high school. We also ...

Time for a General Update.

Friday, September 12th, 2008

I've been neglecting the blog lately. Posting isn't hard, but getting together coherent ideas that are at least interesting to me -- if not interesting to you folks -- is hard. Everyday, as boredom sets in at work, I come up with all sorts of ideas and projects. I generally ...

Introducing Jumpstyle.

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Jumpstyle is a type of dancing and music that originates in Belgium. The dance is made up of stepping, stomping, and kicking while the music is a kind of slowed down Scandinavian Happy Hardcore Folk Techno. It's wicked. Basic Jumpstyle. Duo Jumpstyle. Trio Jumpstyle! More Jumpstyle! Lego Jumpstyle!!!! Jumpstyle the Legend. I'm fucking mesmerized. Hand me down ...