busy! crazy! mostly studio work...
i should write my blogs as soon as i think of something. or i should tape myself talking, transcribe/ edit those utterances and turn that in my blog.
busy last couple of weeks. banilow show and the rehearsals that go with it. onlyone studio work. commercial production work. production of a demo for my good friend t max.
i did receive a twisted and bizarre new piece of gear from a couple of guys that call themselves Folktek. they design and build specialty electronic instruments and devices, and this thing is out there. needless to say, i love it. i like to think of it as a short-wave radio or scanner that only picks up alien transmissions, mostly 'cause that's kinda what it sounds like. i've already used it to build a new experimental electronic track ('ROBOTFIGHT,' so named by lexi) hosted on my myspace site.
essentially, the device (which is a Pluton X2) combines voice synthesis and chance somehow, and gives you a handful of switches and a couple of buttons to control it with.
dig that sexy beast. the eye in the center lights up, too, for added mystery and fun.
i'm still working out how to do things with it. but as one of the few instruments/ devices i've found that i can't control (yet), it really captivates me in a strange way. i'm sure a lot of strange samples will be extracted from it, too. i'll probably get to play around with it more over the next few days. considering utilizing it for some odd sounds behind the Kirkdorffer/ Kowalski project. could be fun.
anyway... t max is back over friday night to finish off his song. the commercial project is awaiting word from the agency. i got that in early, and i'm hoping the song will be embedded in their heads enough that we'll have a leg up on the competition. worked with neil (the banilow collaborator) on it, and chuck showed up saturday to pick up a cable. while he was over, we took advantage of his considerable musical talent. he pitched in some ideas to improve things musically, and he played some great guitar for us. if i'd have played those guitar parts, it would've taken twice as long to get something half as good, so that was great.
wish us luck!
stay tuned for more...
busy last couple of weeks. banilow show and the rehearsals that go with it. onlyone studio work. commercial production work. production of a demo for my good friend t max.
i did receive a twisted and bizarre new piece of gear from a couple of guys that call themselves Folktek. they design and build specialty electronic instruments and devices, and this thing is out there. needless to say, i love it. i like to think of it as a short-wave radio or scanner that only picks up alien transmissions, mostly 'cause that's kinda what it sounds like. i've already used it to build a new experimental electronic track ('ROBOTFIGHT,' so named by lexi) hosted on my myspace site.
essentially, the device (which is a Pluton X2) combines voice synthesis and chance somehow, and gives you a handful of switches and a couple of buttons to control it with.
dig that sexy beast. the eye in the center lights up, too, for added mystery and fun.
i'm still working out how to do things with it. but as one of the few instruments/ devices i've found that i can't control (yet), it really captivates me in a strange way. i'm sure a lot of strange samples will be extracted from it, too. i'll probably get to play around with it more over the next few days. considering utilizing it for some odd sounds behind the Kirkdorffer/ Kowalski project. could be fun.
anyway... t max is back over friday night to finish off his song. the commercial project is awaiting word from the agency. i got that in early, and i'm hoping the song will be embedded in their heads enough that we'll have a leg up on the competition. worked with neil (the banilow collaborator) on it, and chuck showed up saturday to pick up a cable. while he was over, we took advantage of his considerable musical talent. he pitched in some ideas to improve things musically, and he played some great guitar for us. if i'd have played those guitar parts, it would've taken twice as long to get something half as good, so that was great.
wish us luck!
stay tuned for more...
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