I purchased this machine somewhere back in 2006. You know, that every day the industry is publishing new music electronics and I am one of these customers, which are reading many reviews, comparing, then buying, selling, buying again, a never ending search for the best gear. But over the years of buying and selling some … Continue reading The Boss BR-600, still a best buy after nine years
In the last post I showed how I realise natural timing and phrasing in Logic. I used this method for the cello-part of a string-quartet arrangement of “Throw back the little ones” by Steely Dan. When everything was to my likes I created a clicktrack and recorded the missing string-voices piece by piece, from the … Continue reading “Throw back the little ones”: Playing string-quartet alone
When you try to create or recreate classical music with Midi and Sample-librarys the result sounds static and lifeless. The static impression is caused by the fixed tempo of the Midi-editor. To get closer to the real thing I like to insert many tempo-curves to achieve a natural tempo and effects, which are often used … Continue reading Natural phrasing and tempo in Logic
10 tips to avoid buying a new guitar You are suffering from the guitar acquisition syndrome? You are tempted by this 3000$ guitar, though you have ten axes standing in line at home? Here are some tips to change your mind. 1. Start to practice. I have observed, that the desire for a new guitar … Continue reading 10 tips to avoid buying a new guitar
The golden tornadoes: Hoss stomp … probably the simplest song, which I have ever composed. It’s based on just five chords and just one verse/chorus-section with solo. I remember, that this tune somehow initialised our little surf-band. I met with my band-mate at home and we played this song with two acoustic guitars and decided … Continue reading The golden tornadoes: Hoss stomp
Another instrumental music, which I had composed, while I was a member of the Surf-rock-band “The golden tornadoes”. One of my bandmates was a studied doctor of physics. Usually when I came up with a new song for the band he was the one to find the name for the song and in this case … Continue reading The golden tornadoes: Cherenkov radiation
Back in 2002 I played guitar in a Live-band called “The golden tornadoes”. We were all fans of old surf-rock a la Dick Dale and the Deltones, or The shadows. I wrote several songs for this band until I left to start the “heartscore”-project. Because I am still affected by a throat-infection I can not … Continue reading The golden tornadoes: Billy boy
With the factory-wraparound of the BC Rich I ran into serious intonation-problems. While the intonation and playability really shined at first, the problems came to light during the first change of strings. I observed, that the factory-bridge, a kind of badass-replica, easily change its position. Also the screws can move, so you loose your set-up … Continue reading Wraparound conversion BC Rich Chuck Schuldiner
I purchased this guitar very spontaneously as a personal christmas-gift. Though I am not a metal-player or not strictly a metal-player I felt very tempted by the construction and the design. Never before I had played a neck-through-design and also never before I had made experiences with a wraparound-tailpiece. From the reviews I had read … Continue reading Review: BC Rich stealth Chuck Schuldiner Tribute
Since I had purchased Amplitube I struggled to achieve a decent overdrive-sound. First I had tried the free amp-models. Later I purchased also some optional models like the Marshall Slash-models and the highly praised Soldano-model. But whatever I tried I were never able to dial in a sound to my likes. I miss dynamics using … Continue reading Recording with amplitube and pedals PART 2: Combining physical pedals and amplitube
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