Dave Bryce

...and I never got a chance to thank Steve Buckman and Marshall for jumping in, either...really glad to have both of you guys on board... ...and I'm perfectly happy to take the rap for you're owning an Andy, Marshall...it doesn't hurt that much, does it? http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif dB

I notice that we have some newcomers to the forum, so I thought I'd raise this thread to the top in case they wanted to introduce themselves, or maybe just get some backgrounds on some of the other folks who post here. C'mon guys - don't be shy... dB

Nice! http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/otn/wink/thumb.gif Thanks, Dan! dB

...and the hits just keep on coming... Albert, John and my good friend Mr. Wallace - thank you all for taking the time to introduce yourself. It is really nice to have the opportunity to know more about the people who post here. C'mon, DanSouth - we're waiting for you, my brother... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif dB

Cool! Very glad to see more people posting on this thread! Greetings, feclicitations and welcome to Roland, Steve, Sudeep, Mark, Don and Geoff. I'm really glad to have you guys spending time here. Steve, lemme know when you're back in SoCal - I figure I at least owe you lunch for the deleted post... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/eek.gif dB

I've noticed that we've gotten quite a few newcomers to the forum recently. I'd love to have you sign our "guest book", if you wish.... dB

Raising this to the top, as promised in the Songwriters thread. If you want to solicit people's comments on your stuff, the best results seem to come when you listen to some of the other material posted here and let folks know what you think... dB

Kenny Garrett is a great guy, and a ridiculously talented musician - mumbles when he speaks English, but is totally fluent in Japanese. He and I climbed the snake path down the side of Masada together in Israel... Hmmm - the majority of stories that I have from the tour are...shall we say...not necessarily fit for public consumption... Here's a good one...we were on the bus driving from Pennsylvania to Richmond after doing a gig at the Devon Music Fair. I'm sitting up on the bus, talking to Miles at about 4 in the morning because everyone else is sleeping, and he decides that he wants to listen to Electric Ladyland. We put it on, and I make some comment about how Hendrix was totally great, and I'm surprised that Miles digs him. Miles reaches into a bag, pulls out a postcard -sized picture of Jimi, and hands it to me. I turn it over, and it's signed "Chief - thanks for everything. You're the best! Jimi." Like an idiot, I say "You knew Hendrix???" Miles rasps, "Yeah - he was a dumb muthafucker...wasted his life". All of a sudden, I realize who I'm hanging with...major Kodak moment. dB

...and the list continues to grow! Murph, Barrett, Tony, Paul, Steve, and both Mikes - we'll be calling you all as Kevin from now on... (with Aussie accent) Michael Baldwin - Bruce, Michael Baldwin - Bruce... ...sorry - I can never resist a Monty Python reference... Also, we'd like to welcome young Miles to the forum - where's his red trumpet? Seriously - I really appreciate you guys taking a bow. Thanks for hanging! Murph - Jenna Jameson? I had you pegged for an Asia Carrera guy... dB

Woah Dave, you played with Miles, I had no idea, I need to check out more of your music. Although I was lucky enough to be able to jam with Miles a few times (once privately!), I did not play with the band on the tour - I was the keyboard tech. I'm not really much of a jazz player...I had a friend who was doing sound for the band, and he asked me to do the tour because the keyboard rigs had gotten pretty intense, so they needed someone who was familiar with them. I couldn't resist the opportunity to do a world tour with Miles Davis... I was out with them for the Tutu tour. The band at the time was Miles, Darryl Jones on bass, Robert Erving III and Adam Holzman on keys, Foley on "lead bass", Kenny Garrett on sax, Mino Cinelu on percussion, and Ricky Wellman on drums. I teched Miles, Adam and Bobby's keyboard rigs, and Mino's electronic percussion rig. It was a hell of an experience. I got some stories... dB

` I listened to the first two tunes; and I quite liked them both. Mojo, despite the fact that it uses that boom-chick boom-chick drum beat that so many people seem to feel is necessary in dance music, is very cool also! I thought that the piece was very well recorded and arranged. Loved the little piano part...also, I didn't find the piece to be that dark...or progressive...just a very nice, danceable tune. Look To The Future is also very interesting - I am especially intrigued because it was done entirely in Reason. Very interesting drum parts and choice on synth lines. Somewhat related rant brought on by the TR808 handclaps - I wonder what it will take for people to get over the sound of that thing? Is it really that necessary? I realize that this comment may be somewhat sacreligious to you dance guys, but it just seems so cliche to me. There were so many other cool drum machines released in the 80's - haven't we had our fill of that one piece of equipment? I swear, if I hear that bleeding cowbell one more time, I'm gonna go postal... http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/otn/violent/uzi.gif dB

This is turning into quite the popular thread, and is totally achieving what I was seeking. Thank you all for participating! Michael, Tom, Ken (mmmmmm...cheesesteak...that's an awful thing to do to a Philadelphian in LA, dude!), Faruk, and Carlo (who has been posting and apologizing for his English since the early days of the forum), my sincere thanks for being here. Aren't there any more Kevins? http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/otn/laughing/astrosmiley.gif And how come we don't have any women? Are you lurking and just not posting? dB

Hey - How come more of you aren't checking these tunes out? There's some really interesting stuff here, guys...are you listening but just not commenting? Doncha have MP3 players? They're free at MP3.com... The Introductions thread is a bunch of fun, but the music that people are posting is really a much deeper way of getting to know the people on this forum. Like the old Alka-Seltzer ad used to say: Try it - you'll like it!!! http://www.mpz.co.uk/cwm/otn/happy/splitspin.gif dB

Steve - Lotta tunes up there...can you point us towards one or two that you really dig? Thanks, dB

Ahhh - it was okay for the 70's...awful place to see a concert, though. Re: the Concerto - you are a madman, dude. Bach meets Handel in a big way...The first movement had that opening line that made me think of Copeland, but then it went straight for JSB...the second movement sounds like something out of the Brandenburg concertos - loved the harpsichord (that was what made me think of Handel). The third movement seemed to recall a bit of the flavor of the first movement, but then it took a real nice turn at the brass choir part. Extremely imaginative and creative work, sir. It is refreshing and inspiring to hear someone doing compositions in this vein. Bravo! http://www.mpz.co.uk/cwm/otn/happy/cheers.gif dB

Gotcha beat. I was in a band once where the keyboard player (me), guitar player, bass player, drummer and sax player were all named Dave - only the singer wasn't. We almost called the group Johnny and his band of Daves...but then we came to our senses... On a different note, I wish I looked like DeNiro...Jeff's a bit more on point with the Tazmanian Devil thing... (with Taz voice) "If you not Rabbit, how come you got powder puff tail?" http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif When I worked for Miles Davis, he never bothered to learn my name - he just called me John, because he said that I looked (and behaved a bit) like John Belushi. Actually, his exact quote was (with Miles' voice) "you the same muthafucker". He was a funny man... dB

I'm sorry folks, but we've reached our limit of folks here named Kevin. Now there's an unusual turn of events - it's usually too many Daves. There's even a Dr. Seuss story by that name... dB

Thanks to Memo, MZeger and Kevin for sounding off...glad to have you guys! Hey, Kevin - for a beginner still in the experimental stage, you've got some pretty nice toys, mah brutha... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif How'd you fry the SR16? dB

Cool idea!! Dave, may I blurb you, also? Once again, absolutely! 'Specially since you asked so nice... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif I take back all those nasty comments I made about sample libraries. They're all great! (Yes, I'm sucking up big time!) No need to suck up, my brutha - I wasn't even slightly offended, nor did I take any of yoiur comments as being even slightly nasty...I'm actually way digging that other thread. I hope that you didn't take any of my comments the wrong way - you know what they say: You can take the boy out of Philly, but you can't take the Philly out of the boy. (see Curve Dominant, figure A). I'd be much more bummed if you felt that there were any restrictions on what you can and can't say here. By the way, I just posted a complete three movement concerto done on nothing more than a single JV-1080. Kids, don't try this at home. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Uh-oh...a concerto? You don't go by the pseudonym Jarl Sigurd, do you?? http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/otn/laughing/yelrotflmao.gif Sorry - inside joke for people who read rec.music.makers.synths... I'm all over it. I'll definitely listen to that puppy this weekend. dB

Thanks for your compliments! Can I post a quote from you "Michael, you are an electronic animal" on my web site? Absolutely! I'd be honored to be blurbed... http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/otn/happy/book.gif dB

???? What's that? Sounds like a Korg organ... BTW - http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/otn/party/birthday.gif Dave!! I am also an Aries. I turned 40 on April 2nd. dB

Man - folks are coming out of the woodwork! Thanks, and a generous modicum of appreciation to Jon, D-kay, Kev...ummm...I mean Synthfool, Jeremey, Dr. Martin, Bill, Kevin, and David Frost. 'Preciate you guys taking the time to post. It's really nice to be able to hear more about you than just your opinions on keys. dB

It is truly amazing to see how many different folks from so many diverse places and backgrounds are posting here! Jim B, Todd, Graham (my Crack's smilies brother), Jim S and Joe - thanks for poking your heads up. Nice to know you guys - thanks for taking the time to participate... dB

Well, I am certainly glad I pirated this thread - it's good to "meet" you guys! Thanks to Jeff D, StevieB, Rod, Gustavo, Jeff K (What??? You work for Tascam??? ;D ) and Richard for sounding off - glad to know you guys! Keep 'em coming... dB