Posted on September 14th at 1:34 pm
Since this is a post about tracking live musicians, first you need too find someone you want to record. I just happened to meet Nick Savage, Alto Saxophonist with Bo Diddley on a gig I did in Destin, Florida. I had taken Ableton Live on stage that night and was switching between my 5 string Ibanez bass and playing bass synth … Continue reading →
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Posted on August 31st at 7:01 am
This is an article taken from my class work from my Berklee Music online class on Ableton Live (instructor Loudon Stearns). The subject – what are the benefits of original musical parts? Benefits of creating original musical parts By parts I will include not only parts determined by instrument/note order (such as a trumpet, timpani or guitar part) but also … Continue reading →
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Posted on August 6th at 10:27 am
“It is not enough to become masters of music from our past. It is up to us to create the music of the 21st century.” (This is a quote from a conversation I am having over and over with the great players I know from the area).
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Posted on August 6th at 10:16 am
I found something interesting. I thought I’d share. First, some quick background. Ableton and various partners offer add on instruments for Ableton Live. These can be auditioned on the Ableton site. Recently they ran a special and I picked up a few instruments. One instrument that I had dismissed when I was auditioning the various sounds was the “Novachord”; an … Continue reading →
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Posted on May 29th at 10:31 am
I stumbled into some interesting thoughts after my gig last night. I was hired to play bass at a Memorial Day event in Appalachicola. The gig went as well as one could expect. We had a relatively new line up on stage with Steve Cosper on guitar and Luke Pinagar on keyboard and Flugalhorn. Dr. Hulon Creighton (sax), Joey Kirkland … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 2nd at 10:39 pm
Tonight I had a guest at the studio house. Thomas Pickels and Jamie, both of whom work at Lietz Music in Panama City came by for a while. Thomas contact me by Facebook and wanted to know if I would play on some tracks he is putting together for a CD. He emailed some tracks over and I gave ‘em … Continue reading →
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