Title: vox2: Tell Me About the Pie Chart
Length: 2:42
File Size: 3.1MB
Production Date: June 24, 2008
Collaborators: Aimee Tritt
Notes: ...and we're back! It's been a full year since my last post, so I decided it was time for an update. To bring us back, I put together a follow-up to last year's vox1. In that jam I recorded myself making various noises into a mic and spliced them together. Shortly after that I also recorded some samples of the lovely A in front of a mic for a few minutes. This jam is the result of that session, in the same style as the first installment. All sounds are things that came out of her mouth, however modified. Enjoy...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Monday, June 25, 2007
Construction Season
You may have noticed that the links to my Jams are currently not working. This will be remedied within the week.
In the meantime, I'm willing to take requests for ideas for future Jams. What say you?
Monday, June 18, 2007
Virtual Jazz: All Of Him
Title: AllOfHim
Length: 4:01
File Size: 4.61MB
Production Date(s): May 2 - June 17, 2007
Gear used: Reason, Cubase, M-Audio Ozone
Collaborators: Leonardo Asseph
Notes: Man, this was a fun one! A couple months ago my coworker Leo gave me an MP3 to listen to, a recording of him playing the saxophone in his bedroom at home. I loved it immediately. He's just so into it! I decided that Leo deserved to be playing sax with a combo on a stage, so that's exactly where I put him in this week's Jam. So I recreated the sonic landscape of a lively jazz club, complete with ambient crowd chatter (thanks to drvono and friend). The sax part is all Leo, though I chopped it up and transposed various bits to match the changes. The other instruments (drums, bass, piano) were either played on the Ozone or programmed, and are entirely sample-based in Reason.
Unfortunately Leo was a temp with my company and no longer works there. The Charlie Parker photo he left in his cube now adorns mine. I used his recording with his permission, and I hope this project finds its way back to him somehow.
Length: 4:01
File Size: 4.61MB
Production Date(s): May 2 - June 17, 2007
Gear used: Reason, Cubase, M-Audio Ozone
Collaborators: Leonardo Asseph
Notes: Man, this was a fun one! A couple months ago my coworker Leo gave me an MP3 to listen to, a recording of him playing the saxophone in his bedroom at home. I loved it immediately. He's just so into it! I decided that Leo deserved to be playing sax with a combo on a stage, so that's exactly where I put him in this week's Jam. So I recreated the sonic landscape of a lively jazz club, complete with ambient crowd chatter (thanks to drvono and friend). The sax part is all Leo, though I chopped it up and transposed various bits to match the changes. The other instruments (drums, bass, piano) were either played on the Ozone or programmed, and are entirely sample-based in Reason.
Unfortunately Leo was a temp with my company and no longer works there. The Charlie Parker photo he left in his cube now adorns mine. I used his recording with his permission, and I hope this project finds its way back to him somehow.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Summer loving happened so fast
Road trips, bike rides, disc golfing, bratwurst, dancing around the May pole... so many wonderful sunny distractions, providing endless inspiration while making it that much harder to spend a day in a cave in front of a PC.
Amazingly, though, I have a free weekend coming up -- one that I'm promising myself not to sleep through. A JAM will be forthcoming...
In the meantime, here's a hot action shot...
Amazingly, though, I have a free weekend coming up -- one that I'm promising myself not to sleep through. A JAM will be forthcoming...
In the meantime, here's a hot action shot...
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Sleep Schmeep: 2OT
Title: 2OT
Length: 2:44
File Size: 3.14MB
Production Date(s): June 4, 2007
Gear Used: Korg MS-10, Fender Reverb
Notes: I still have some production pieces in progress, but I need to keep the ball rolling here so I played a little synth last night for fun. The performance was fueled by a severe lack of sleep, and while it may be a little wank-ish, I tried to keep it short. I particularly like the ending bit.
Length: 2:44
File Size: 3.14MB
Production Date(s): June 4, 2007
Gear Used: Korg MS-10, Fender Reverb
Notes: I still have some production pieces in progress, but I need to keep the ball rolling here so I played a little synth last night for fun. The performance was fueled by a severe lack of sleep, and while it may be a little wank-ish, I tried to keep it short. I particularly like the ending bit.
Friday, May 18, 2007
This Page Intentionally Left Blank
Sorry for the non-Jam post, but I'm just checking in to say it's been a busy week preparing for the gig and I won't have any new Jams available until next week. I do have a couple ideas in progress, though, and I promise some interesting things to come.
Plus I have new colors!!!
Plus I have new colors!!!
Thursday, May 10, 2007
If Ya Wanna - Jon³ remix
Title: If Ya Wanna - Jon³ remix
Length: 5:01
File Size: 5.75MB
Production Date(s): May 9, 2007
Gear used: Fender Rhodes suitcase electric piano, Digitech RP200, vintage Ludwig drum kit, Shure SM-58, Korg MS-10, Cubase, Reason
Collaborators: Benzito
Notes: My plans changed so many times this week. I've been kicking around several ideas for new Jams, and I thought I knew what I was going to do last night, but on my drive home from work I began to reconsider. My new idea was just to jam out on the Rhodes and drums, so I sent a text message to my lovely girlfriend asking for a random key and the reply came back "D minor" (the saddest of all keys). I set up a click track in Reason (congas!) and did my Rhodes and drums parts in one take each (big thanks to Gerg for the use of his superfly drumset). After spending an hour tweaking the EQs and effects, I realized the parts would make a good bed for something else. Enter Benzito, a talented hip-hop artist and friend of mine from my home town. He was recently kind enough to provide me with one of the vocal tracks off his new CD, "Long Time Coming" (which you should totally purchase). Anyway, I promised him a remix and I still plan on making the DnB version, but it also sits pretty nicely atop the Rhodes and drums. All I had to do was time-crunch the rhymes by 16bpm and add a synth bass line on the Korg (also one take, inspired by the acoustic bass sample on the original). I also made a few simple edits to the vocal and bass tracks. So yeah, live hip-hop sorta!
Length: 5:01
File Size: 5.75MB
Production Date(s): May 9, 2007
Gear used: Fender Rhodes suitcase electric piano, Digitech RP200, vintage Ludwig drum kit, Shure SM-58, Korg MS-10, Cubase, Reason
Collaborators: Benzito
Notes: My plans changed so many times this week. I've been kicking around several ideas for new Jams, and I thought I knew what I was going to do last night, but on my drive home from work I began to reconsider. My new idea was just to jam out on the Rhodes and drums, so I sent a text message to my lovely girlfriend asking for a random key and the reply came back "D minor" (the saddest of all keys). I set up a click track in Reason (congas!) and did my Rhodes and drums parts in one take each (big thanks to Gerg for the use of his superfly drumset). After spending an hour tweaking the EQs and effects, I realized the parts would make a good bed for something else. Enter Benzito, a talented hip-hop artist and friend of mine from my home town. He was recently kind enough to provide me with one of the vocal tracks off his new CD, "Long Time Coming" (which you should totally purchase). Anyway, I promised him a remix and I still plan on making the DnB version, but it also sits pretty nicely atop the Rhodes and drums. All I had to do was time-crunch the rhymes by 16bpm and add a synth bass line on the Korg (also one take, inspired by the acoustic bass sample on the original). I also made a few simple edits to the vocal and bass tracks. So yeah, live hip-hop sorta!
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