7inchXMAS :: Free Music Podcast
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This week’s post is a Christmas mix coming from Tony Biedenkapp. Some time ago he used all the 7″ vinyl that he’d collected over the years and sliced and diced them up using 3 Technic 1200′s, a DJM 600 mixer and sampler.
Happy holidays to all, even if it’s a tad late.
Strip :: Free Music Podcast
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Matt Cain lent me a little midi controller device he has called a “Trigger Finger” the other day by M-Audio. Last week I was able to set up the device to work on my Macbook Pro through Garageband to trigger various sounds and effects, much like a percussive keyboard would and put together this song, Strip, with my first experiences with the device. Likely you’ll hear more from the Trigger Finger in the coming weeks as I play around with the device more and learn more about how to do things with it.
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My New Story :: Free Music Podcast
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Several weeks ago, my friend asked if we could work on a song for an ad campaign he was working on. The campaign was for the rebranding of a special education school and they were looking for a catchy children’s song for the campaign. We were provided with the lyrics and an example of what they came up with already for the campaign so we went to work the following weekend putting together the song in our own way.
My New Story is the result of the weekend.
Neil came up with the bass line to start us off and we did a series of layers to record the piece in a similar manner to studio style recording. Amber Scott did some guest vocals with us on the song as well.
12.8.09Notes :: Free Music Podcast
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Notes is a spoken word piece, speaking to those that forget the importance of music. As I’ve grown older, I’ve noticed people around me pay less and less attention to music in their lives; the passion for art and music dissipates over the years. When I was younger and I’d play a song I’d worked on for someone, they’d really pay attention to it. They’d find parts that they liked or disliked and give me real feedback on it. However, now, many times when I play something for someone, I can tell the passion for it is gone. They tell me “sounds good” or “I like it”, but I can tell they barely even registered listening to it.
So Notes is a piece that specifically speaks to these people who have forgotten what soul is. They spend so much time planning their lives that they forget about the things they enjoy about living in the first place.
As to the lack of music in Notes, I thought it was interestingly ironic to speak prose about those that forget the value of music without the accompaniment of music at all.
The Owl :: Free Music Podcast
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Here’s one I did a while back, probably in ’06 or ’07 with my Alesis and the new expansion back I bought for it. It was a hip-hop expansion pack that had some cool beats, plus I could play bass and the synth live, all at the same time.