Introductions?

[MusicaL]

Hi all

 

My name is Albert. I am 40 years old!! Yikes!! That's old. I was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, and make my home in beautiful SoCal now. Married with two kids, one of each kind, and practice construction law. (Yep, an Egyptian Laywer -- hence the e-mail address . . .)

 

I grew up tinkering with the piano at home. A 90 year old Bechstein. Great sound, and action!!! Took lessson for about 3-4 years, and my italian teacher never bothered to teach me how to read music. What a bummer!! I played everything he played by ear. I think he was fascinated by that for some reason!!

 

Anyway, grew up listening to and playing Elton John, Deep Purple, then graduated to Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Kansas, and all those other progressive rock bands.

 

One morning a guy came to my house while I was studying law. He had heard me play my Fender Rhodes. He came in and asked if I had ever heard of the Yellow Jackets, and I said "uh, no"!! He gave me their first two or three albums, and I have been hooked on jazz ever since. Mind you, I am not a Jazz player, but I love the chord progressions, voicings, etc.

 

My first electronic keyboard was some sort of a British made Organ (four octaves) that I proceeded to tinker with and eventually destroyed. My second was another organ brand named "Tiger" if my memory serves me correctly, and third was a double deck organ brand named "intercontinental". Junky stuff for the most part. My first foray into the real world was when I bought a mini moog (I think that's what it was) in 1977. It was a piece of art. I eventually bought a fender rhodes, Ensonic Sampling keyboard, Roland Jx 3p that I am so sorry I sold about 10 years ago.

 

Today, I have a nice little set up. I have

 

Keys:

Yamaha S80

Roland XP 50

Korg M-1

 

Modules:

Kurzweil Micro Piano

Roland JV 880

Alesis QSR

 

Audio:

Mackie 1202 VLZ

Event PS-8 Monitors

 

Recording

G-4 500 MP

MOTU 2408 MKII

DP 2.72

 

I love to play and compose, and have learned so much from all of you in this BBS. Thanks for all who have taken the time to post their knowledge and expertise on this forum.

 

Albert

[dansouth]

Originally posted by soapbox:

So Dan, when do we get to hear about you?

 

Someday...maybe...

 

I have to build up a lot of nerve to write about myself. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/frown.gif

 

In the meantime, you can learn most of the important stuff by visiting my mp3 site.

 

http://www.mp3.com/DanSouth

 

This message has been edited by dansouth@yahoo.com on 05-16-2001 at 12:42 AM

[Michael Jones]

Originally posted by Jeff, TASCAM Guy:

I'll bet you'd be good with a slice of ham on rye with a little dijon mustard. Sorry, feeling silly this morning.

 

- Jeff

 

What!.... No Onion?....

[Rob Wallace]

Wow, what a brilliant thread. It is amazing to read about all you guys from all over the world and very interesting to see how you got to where you are today. I thought I should slip in my humble details myself as I haven't spotted anyone hailing from jolly old England yet (apologies if I have missed anyone). Here goes:

 

My name is Tony Banks and I used to be in a band you may have heard of called Genesis.

 

Sorry, that's a lie, my real name is Kevin #7

 

Sorry, that's a lie as well. I must start taking the pills again. Nurse ! Nurse !

 

My real real name is Rob Wallace aka: Bassment because of my chosen instrument and poor taste in humour (as the above has just demonstrated). I am 33, a Libra and I dress to the left. I am a big Rush fan and also do the odd spot of theatre work. My current job status is Alesis Technical Support for the UK and am based at a company called Sound Technology which is about 40 mins north of London.

 

I got into making music around 1980 playing any object that made an interesting noise and recording it on my tape recorder. In 1984 I left school and got a summer job in a warehouse. I bought a Moog Rogue with my first pay check and after that there was no stopping me. The job became permanent and I worked there for four years funding my desires to buy musical equipment. I also gigged locally with my first band, Dissidentz who were heavily influenced by Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins and Thomas Dolby (I wonder where the band name came from ?) By 1988 I had aquired the following bits of gear:

 

Moog Rogue

Korg MS10

Mattel Synsonic drums

Boss DR110 Dr Rhythm

Casio CT202 keyboard

Jen Synx 508

Phillips Studio 2 (early type of kareoke machine. It was an amp with line and mic inputs and a twin tape deck so that I could overdub)

Yamaha DX27

Yamaha MT44D 4 - track recorder

 

In 1988 I left work and went to college in Newcastle Upon Tyne to study a new course called Music Technology and this coincided with me picking up the bass for the first time. It has since become my main instrument and my absolute hero is Geddy Lee. Unfortunately what little keyboard skills I had have remained stuck in the 1980's, as have my musical tastes. I was at college for two years and graduated with a National Diploma in Music Technology with merit in 1990.

 

After that I worked in various studios in London and played in bands in the big smoke as well as locally and I also had some close shaves with record deals, fame and fortune etc but that is another story.

 

I got the job at Sound Technology in 1995 after answering an ad in the local paper and have been here ever since and that was how I have had the privilidge of working with the illustrious Mr Bryce and his amazing keyboard skills.

 

I am currently in a 70's covers band with some of the guys from work. It is a good laugh and we get paid for it as well. Our web site is http://www.groove-republic.com I also compose music for theatre shows which takes up a lot of my time. I must really get back into writing some new original songs sometime. I have posted a couple of old tracks on my MP3 site if you want to have a listen and you can read the history of the songs there as well: http://www.mp3.com/bassment

 

That about wraps it up for me. These days I still have all my old gear plus...

 

G+L 5500 5 string bass x 2

Trace Elliot 4x 10" combo

A6 Andromeda

QS8

DM Pro

XT20 x 2

Studio 32 desk

ML9600 Masterlink

3630 compressor x 2

U220

D550

Roland D20

HR16

MMT8

Jen SX1000

Korg Delta

G3 350 running Logic Audio Platinum 4.7

Emagic AMT8

Emagic Audiowerk 8 card

 

And that completes the voting from the Estonian jury.

 

This message has been brought to you today by the letter B

 

cheers,

 

Bassment

[neonjohn]

My name is John Di Leo, I'm 42 and I live in Connecticut with my wife and 6 year old daughter.

 

I am a Sound Engineer and Composer. I have a full time gig as a sound designer with McGraw-Hill New Media, producing soundtracks for educational media (videos, software, net products, etc.). I also have a freelance business (Mixville Productions) doing location audio and audio-post for video, original music, etc.in Southern New England and NYC, primarily for corporate clients. I still play out in several bands, and teach sound production on the college level (yes, I AM tired!).

 

I play guitar and bass, as well as keyboards, but consider keys my primary instrument. I have multiple keyboards, modules and guitars, and a considerable studio. My favorite keyboard is an old Korg SG-1x Grand, and my most current keyboard is a Triton. I use Digital Performer (though I was a Vision/StudioVision veteran back to the 80s) for music production, and Pro Tools for pure audio projects.

 

Philosophically, I'm a soul over technique person. Technique is a means to the true end: expression. My primary keyboard influences were Steve Winwood, Nicky Hopkins, Count Basie, . . .

[Dave Bryce]

...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

[dansouth]

Okay, dB! You asked for it - you got it.

 

I've always wanted to do one of those Dewars Profiles, but I don't drink whiskey, so this is my big chance. In Dewars format:

 

Name: Daniel Richard South

Age: 40 (for a few more days)

Nationality: USA. My family has been in North America for 350 years.

 

Occupation: Computer Programmer

Musical occupation: Composer

Genres: Alternative rock, ambient, baroque, jazz, various dance styles

Other fun jobs I've worked: Farm hand, waiter, pizza delivery guy

Home town: Suburbs of Pittsburgh

Current residence: Suburbs of New York

 

Main instrument: Bass guitar. Played trumpet in high school.

Favorite axes: Lakland 55-94 and Bob Glaub basses

Why I hang out on a keyboard forum: I've always been fascinated with the timbres of instruments, so synths have always been an interest. As electronic instruments have evolved, I've relied on them more and more. I've been and avid reader of Keyboard Magazine since its inception and have learned more about music technology from its pages than any other single source.

 

Favorite musicians of all time: Maurice Andre, James Jamerson, Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Jaco Pastorius, Jimi Hendrix

Fave bands: The Who, The Beatles, Steely Dan, The Police, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Weather Report, Simon & Garfunkel

Fave solo acts: Peter Gabriel, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder

Fave current acts: Fuel, STP, Bush, Matchbox 20

Favorite concert: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

Favorite impromptu concert: Benefit at Princeton featuring Phil Woods

 

First keyboard: Upright piano originally purchased by my grandmother

First synth: Prophet 600, the very first instrument with MIDI

Favorite synth: Korg Triton

Next synth: XV-5080 or Andromeda

Sequencer: Logic

 

Favorite tech trend: Soft synths. To have a half-dozen virtual Prophet 5's on a single computer is mind-boggling to a guy who used to lust after the $4500.00 hardware version at the music store.

Least favorite tech trend: Loops

Most overhyped technology: Mic preamps

Dream machine: A handheld PDA that runs Logic and soft synths

 

Select gear list (the stuff I use most often):

- Mac G3 and G4 running Logic, Reason, and soft synths

- Emagic AMT-8, mt4, and MOTU midi express interfaces

- Yamaha AW4416 and 01V

- Mackie CR1604VLZ and HR824 monitors

- MOTU 2408 and 828 audio interfaces

- Korg Triton (x3), K2000VPS, K2500R, JV-1080, JP-8000, JP-8080

- TC M3000, Gold Channel, Finalizer Plus, and FireworX

- Lexicon PCM-90 and MPX-1

- EL-8 Distressor, Avalon U5 and VT737, Joe Meek VC3

- Alesis MasterLink

- Lakland 55-94 basses, fretted and fretless

- Lakland Bob Glaub (Precision-style) bass

- Shure SM57, Rode NT-2, AKG C414/TLII, Neumann M147

- Zillions of plug-ins

 

Life changing musical experiences -

- Hearing Purcell's "Trumpet Voluntary" performed live at age six

- Seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan at age four

- Seeing the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields play "The Four Seasons" in St. Martin-in-the-Fields church

- Having my arrangement of music I transcribed from a television broadcast played by the high school jazz ensemble

- Hearing both Jimi and Jaco for the first time

 

Most flattering musical experience: Listening to one of my songs covered by a friend and his wife.

 

Most notorious gig: Played a dance at a nudist colony

Favorite movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Favorite soundtracks: Risky Business, Romeo Is Bleeding

Favorite play: Hamlet

Favorite musical: My Fair Lady

Most recent plays: The Music Man (Broadway), As You Like It (Stratford)

Favorite novel: To Kill A Mockingbird

Favorite non-fiction title: Parliament of Whores, by P.J. O'Rourke

Last vacation: Japan

Next vacation: Scotland (maybe - I hope)

Most amazing places in the world: Scotish Highlands, Pyramids at Teotihuacan, Mexico; Peace Park, Hiroshima; Stonehenge; Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Favorite reason to visit California: Jamba Juice

Best thing about New York: The most beautiful women on the planet

 

Most important lesson I've learned as a player: Accents make the groove.

Most important lesson I've learned as a composer: Take care of the music, and the notes take care of themselves.

If I had a time machine: I'd be watching Bach perform live right now.

If my boss were here, he'd say: Thanks for the CD. I'll have to listen to it sometime.

Praise be: MIDI, the microprocessor, the personal computer, the manufacturers of all of these brilliant sound machines.

Quote of the week: If you're not attacking the problem, it's attacking you.

Examples of my work: http://www.mp3.com/DanSouth

Best gig I've ever loved: The one where I get to be called Dad.

 

 

This message has been edited by dansouth@yahoo.com on 08-20-2001 at 12:59 AM

[Dave Bryce]

Nice! http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/otn/wink/thumb.gif

 

Thanks, Dan!

 

dB

[Steve44]

Dan - I had no idea that South was actually your last name.. I thought it was either a nickname or some code. I also didn't realize you have 3 Tritons! are they all the same size?

 

And if I had a time machine I'd be in a keyobard lesson with Bach as the teacher http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[dansouth]

Originally posted by Steve44:

Dan - I had no idea that South was actually your last name.. I thought it was either a nickname or some code. I also didn't realize you have 3 Tritons! are they all the same size?

 

Nope, that's my name. I'm a what you see is what you get kind of guy. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

 

I suppose that the family name started in the south of England. There's a South entombed in Westminster Abbey. When John Southe came to North America in the 1600's, he spelled his name with the final silent 'e'. I also have family lines from The Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, and Austria. In other words, getting a tan is a real challenge. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif

 

I have two Triton racks and a 61-key board, with four expansion boards spread among them. It sounds excessive, but I do all of my composing and arranging in MIDI, so I need lots of simultaneous voices. And of course, I want as many of those gorgeous Triton effects as possible, although I always defeat the reverb when tracking so I can use the M3000 or PCM90 during mixdown. Luckily, the racks aren't too expensive.

[Guest]

Originally posted by dansouth@yahoo.com:

Next vacation: Scotland (maybe - I hope)

 

And you don't drink whisky, what a waste. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/frown.gif

 

 

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--Smedis,--

[marino]

And if I had a time machine I'd be in a keyobard lesson with Bach as the teacher http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

 

 

I don't know if you woul like it, Steve. Bach was notorious for tormenting his students with months and years of finger independence exercises, not allowing them to play any music. Only after being theatened by the exasperated student, he generally allowed to read a little minuet or such. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Steve LeBlanc]

First synth: Prophet 600, the very first instrument with MIDI

 

Hey Dan, that was my first synth too...I frustrated the hell out my brother with the sequencer in that thing...I could never get it to loop in perfect time but I'd make him play drums with it anyway...he still hates that thing. I would play Seq 1 for 8 bars then go to Seq 2 and for the chorus I'd hit the appegiator. I think there's still a mark above my right eye from my bro throwing a drumstick at me. hehe

 

The prophet sounded best as a lead instrument or for fat basses I thought. The organ sounds were cool when put through an MXR Chorus...

 

I still kick myself over selling my Prophet 600 so I could buy a Roland D-50, YUCK.

 

Sorry to ramble I just really miss that synth.

[dansouth]

Originally posted by Steve LeBlanc:

The prophet sounded best as a lead instrument or for fat basses I thought. The organ sounds were cool when put through an MXR Chorus...

 

I still kick myself over selling my Prophet 600 so I could buy a Roland D-50, YUCK.

 

Hey, Steve! I love the 600's sound! It's VERY aggressive. I like to play it every now and then to remind myself how puny my digital synths sound when doing "analog" emulations. Too bad the MIDI response time is to horrible. Gotta love those knobs, though. I was introduced to the wonderful world of synthesizer programming by virtue of those beautiful knobs!

[Steve LeBlanc]

Yeah the knobs were great!

 

Midi-wise I had all kinds of problems but it did work. Mostly it got stuck when I tried to send a fast sequence to it through midi, sometimes it would just freeze on one note.

[Marzzz]

OK, better later then never-er.....

 

Marshall, 41.....

 

Former life: keyboards in late 70's quasi-prog rock copy band, playing Hammond M3, MiniMoog, and Rhodes 73 stage. My gear took up a whole van, obviously we didn't gig much......

 

Currently: My day gig pays pretty well, music is now more of a hobby.

 

Stuff:

 

-Roland A-80 controller (poly AT, great piano touch)

-Andromeda (this is all Bryce's fault, NAMM 2000, I was all set to buy a Waldorf Q until he made my ears bleed at a demo)

-Waldorf Pulse

-Roland XV-3080 (with piano and drum expansion boards)

-Yamaha FS1R (not your father's FM!)

-Klein Guitar ("lima bean on a stick") thru a POD

-Mac G3/Logic Audio (running B4 and M-Tron: prog rock heaven without the weight!)

 

one of these days I might even burn a CD......!

 

-Marshall

 

 

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

This message has been edited by Marzzz on 05-20-2001 at 12:55 AM

[Bucktunes]

Since I seem to be hopelessly addicted to this forum, I guess I should introduce myself. Especially since I've learned so much and can't seem to resist putting my .o2 worth in when I have something to say or ask.

 

My name is Steve Buckman. I was born 6/29/60. I'm a full time professional keyboardist in Las Vegas. I've called Vegas home for about 10 years now, although I'm originally from Illinois (Quincy). For about the last 8 months I have been working a house gig at a supper club with a 4 piece jazz band.

 

Since I've been in Vegas, I've worked mostly casino lounges and incidental convention work. I've played a wide variety of music including oldies, country, blues, R&B, pop rock, variety show, etc. Bands that I've worked in have ranged from 2 to 10 piece. My extra-keyboard duties have included brass and vocal arranging. Of course, sequencing and left-hand bass are vital survival skills for keyboardists here.

 

Before landing in Vegas I spent a few years on the road, travelling around the U.S. and Canada with pop/rock and country bands. The coolest experiences I remember from these years included playing in Nashville's Opryland Hotel and the beautiful Rockies of western Canada.

 

I started my musical education on piano when I was 10 and was force fed piano lessons, which I hated until I discovered I could learn songs by ear. I remember being bitten by the music bug when I was 15. I was playing some Elton John tunes on the piano in the school band room when a drummer who I didn't even know sat down at the drums and started playing along. My first band was soon born, and we did our first gig about a year later.

 

Since there was little market for pro musicians in west central Illinois, I had to sustain life by working as a machinist by day and living for those weekend gigs. By '88 I was fed up with living this way, and stuffed everything I could in the back of my truck and moved to L.A. I spent the next couple of years at the Grove School Of Music in Van Nuys and learned more in that time than I had taught myself in the previous 10 years! To this day, there's not a tune I play that I don't incorperate something I learned at Grove. Once I graduated, I got a little stir crazy of L.A., so I took a gig with a travelling band. You know the rest after that.

 

I'm very spoiled by my present rig which includes the house piano, a 6' Baldwin grand, and my Triton pro 76. That's it! I plug the Triton into the house P.A., and the piano is miked. I work with a sax player, bass player, and drummer. When we do conventions, I use my Triton and my trusty old T3 through a Samson line mixer, a Crown amp, and a pair of Mackie 300's.

 

Other keyboard stuff I own; Keyboards I used to own;

Korg O5R/W, M1R (and sometimes miss)

Yamaha TG500 Oberheim Matrix 6

Alesis D4 Yamaha SY77, DX7

Kurzweil K2000(for sale) SCI Prophet 600

Casio AZ1

ARP Odessey

The Triton is my favorite of all I've owned, and I'll be getting an 88 note keyboard before I take another full-time gig that doesn't furnish a piano! The threads on 88 note keyboards have been very informative,BTW.

Before I die, I'd like to own a Minimoog and a Steinway Grand.

 

My favorite keyboardists/writers have included Elton John, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Jan Hammer, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, David Foster, Bob James, Bruce Hornsby, Michael W. Smith, Russell Ferrante, Tom Shumann, and more that don't come to mind at the moment.

 

I guess that's enough for now. My user name is my email address, so anyone's welcome to buzz me if you want. Peace all, and God bless!

 

Steve

[Bucktunes]

That didn't line up right, let me clear it up.

Other keyboard stuff I own;

Korg O5R/W, M1R

Yamaha TG500

Aless D4

Kurzweil K2000 (for sale)

 

Keyboards I used to own (and sometimes miss);

Oberheim Matrix 6

Yamaha SY77, DX7

Sequential Prophet 600

Casio AZ1

ARP Odessey (white face) Dumped it for about $50 back in '85. Where's that icon with the guy beating his head against the wall when I need it!

Rhodes Stage 73 which I sold almost immediately after buying the DX7.(Picture that same icon again!)

Ensoniq Mirage rack

Kawai K1m

Korg DDD5, P3

 

Peace all,

Steve

[Steve LeBlanc]

I spent the next couple of years at the Grove School Of Music in Van Nuys and learned more in that time than I had taught myself in the previous 10 years! To this day, there's not a tune I play that I don't incorperate something I learned at Grove.

 

Man that was a fantastic School...it's too bad a few people got greedy and screwed it all up...at least he kept it going in Vegas for a while.

 

I literally cried the day Dick Grove died...his concept of Modern Harmonic theory is by far the best approach I've ever encountered...oh and he was a beautiful person too.

 

 

 

This message has been edited by Steve LeBlanc on 06-04-2001 at 03:32 AM

[Dave Bryce]

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

[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

[Llarion]

Okay, that's cool:

 

Name: Phil Traynor

Age: 36

Residence: St. Pete FL (USA)

Genre: Smooth Jazz, instrumental EZL, Ambient

 

Instruments played: Drums, bass, keys, rhythm guitar

 

Brush with Greatness: My cousin is John Regan, Peter Frampton's bassist. (Also of Frehley's Comet, Mick Jagger, etc, see allmusic.com entry for details)

 

GEAR

 

Keys: Korg Triton (61-key organ action, triggered with RD-500), Roland RD-500 piano, Roland Juno-106, 1977 Stage73 Rhodes

 

Synth brains, etc: EMU Proteus 2000 (triggered with RD-500), Boss DR-660 Drum Computer

 

Bass: 1983 Peavey Foundation, 2000 Carlo Robelli fretless

 

Guitars: Yamaha 12 string A/E, Martin DXME Dreadnought 6 string A/E, CC Clarke Electric

 

Drums: CB700 Internationale 8pc black, 3 rototoms, 14" Zildjian custom med. thin crash, 10" Zil splash, 21" Zl rock ride, 14" Bosphoros med dark crash, 18" Zil swish (inverted, using as China) 16" Paiste heavy crash, 14" Paiste hats, Yamaha pedals

 

Recording gear: Roland VS-880EX 8 track, VS-CDRII CD Burner

 

Signal Processing: Radius HHB Fat Man tube preamp, Mackie 1202VLZ mixer, Zoom RFX-1000 multi-effects

 

PC: Compaq Pro Workstation SP750, P3/866 Xeon, 256MB RamBus, 18.2GB U3SCSI-10K HD, 64MB Elsa GLoria II video, 40X CD, Imation 8X burner

 

Software used: CoolEdit Pro 1.1 for mastering, MusicMatch 6.1 for ripping, Nero 5.0 for burning. Acid for looping, just starting to experiment.

 

Monitoring: Onkyo amp, Gefco mids and liquid cooled tweets, Yamaha powered sub.

 

Sign: Double Scorpio

 

Websites:

Personal - www.llarion.com (see the studio!)

MP3.com - www.mp3.com/llarion

Ampcast - www.ampcast.com/llarion (256kb encodings live there)

Stash Magazine (I'm Music Editor and webmaster) - www.stashmagazine.com

 

 

Any questions? http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

 

 

 

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Cheers!

 

Phil "Llarion: The Jazzinator"

www.mp3.com/llarion

Smooth Jazz

[kkehrermsn.com]

Hi all,

I'm Keith Kehrer, owner , sole proprietor of Kamakaze Productions basically a full project studio in a basement room in my house.

 

I work as a web developer and make great money,so, i can afford to support my family and spend $ on cool studio tools. I just moved to the D.C. area from Phoenix and just hung out my shingle as a producer/remixer/engineer/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist.

 

History:

From NJ, lived and breathed the NYC music live and studio scene. Played with punk, latin, jazz, commercials, film, metal, funk, lounge etc...

 

Moved to Phoenix for about ten years and was part of the studio, punk,alternative, metal, jazz, funk, rave scenes there.

 

Moved to D.C. am starting all over doing mostly Electronic Dance, Beck/Zappa twisted pop, hip hop and electronic world music.

 

Education: classically and jazz trained vocalist, composer/arranger, guitarist, bassist, reeds player , pianist/keyboardist, producer.

 

Was signed to 3 major(Sire, Capitalm Mango) and 2 indie, IRS, SST labels.

 

now independant and plan on staying that way. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

 

Kamakaze

[Dave Bryce]

Welcome, Phil and Keith!

 

Glad to have you here, guys.

 

Anyone else want to sign our little "guest book"? Any lurkers in da house? C'moooon...we won't hurt ya...

 

dB

[keys4hire]

Well since you promise not to hurt anyone...

 

Hi there, my name is Gerard (feels like I just put on one of those silly nametags handed out at all meetings). and as the sign - on name shows I'm pretty much the you have a gig I'm there type of road dog.

 

Been lucky enough to play across the world and seen a great part of the US while I was at it as well. Somehow all the shed shows tend to feel like the same one though. Anyway, I've ended up with a good day gig as a composer at an audio post facility www.metro-studios,com for anyone interested, as well as being able to pursue my musical and gear acquisition desires.

 

The current road rig is:

 

Korg Trinity ProX

Kurzweil K2500

Hammond XB-2 with the Pro3 leslie sim.

Roland JD-800

 

The Studio set-up is:

 

Korg O1WproX as the main controller

Kurzweil K2000RS (2)

E-mu E5000 (2)

E-mu E4xt (2)

Roland JD990 (2)

Kurzweil Micropiano

 

I use Logic Platinum for the sequence/score use

and then run the Fairlight Fame Console with the MFX3+ as the

main DAW.

 

There's a whole slew of guitar/bass/drum stuff but that's another

forum.

 

Anyway just wanted to say hi.

[Dan O]

Hello to all,

Dano piping in ...37 yrs.old married (15yrs) 2 kids 7 & 9 . Live outside of Baltimore MAryland . I played baritone horn in grade school thru high school . I was singing in a band by the age of 14 . I started playing keys . I think "Colour my world " was my 1st song .

I have worked in music retail for the last 14 yrs. Work for Guitar Center (manage keyboard dept.) currently . I also demostrate keyboards for Italian Co. called Ketron for the last 4 yrs at NAMM shows . Met S.Wonder a few times . Consider (drummer) R.Lawson a friend and customer. I am PC based with Sonar / Cubase software . Play at Church and Jam with friends . I have Yamaha S80 / Ketron X1 hdv and soon to have Ketron SD1 . Over and out ..... Dano

[stuffdogginc]

I definitely am the newbie on the block in here... My name is stuffy, and compared to you all I suck. That's a'ight though. I'm going up out of mind with criminal, mental insanity/ I didn't plan to be/ but I'll be damned if I aint the man to me. I don't have any fancy keyboards, just a cheesy evolution mk-125 midi controller that I try to use to opetate the inner voice of my inferior mother board. I also have a Alesis SR16, unfried but unsyncable and worthless (to me). I like to use cakewalk and soundforge mostly.

 

I love hip hop music.

 

I was raised on the stuff, what can I say. I was raised using a double cassette player as two turntables and recording rap songs in bathrooms and closets for 14 hours a day during summer and 7 during school. I've experimented with lots of drum machines made by casio over the course of time. I would like to get a keyboard one day, probably an Ensonique ASR-10. I also would like to get my hands on a Roland MC-505. I could rule the world with these mere trinkets. You guys probably think I don't belong here, but I enjoy the forum immensely; trying to educate myself on computer based music as much as possible.

[Gus Lozada]

Originally posted by stuffdogginc:

You guys probably think I don't belong here, but I enjoy the forum immensely; trying to educate myself on computer based music as much as possible.

 

... and you are in the right place, mah friend !!!

Welcome !!! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

 

You have the right tools to start: SoundCard, sequencer and soundfonts (actually is like having a sampler)... go for it !

 

Feel free to ask whatever you require to know. However I do recommend you to read all the past threads to see what has been discussed previously.

 

GusTraX

[Marzzz]

Originally posted by Dave Bryce:

...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

 

LOL! I had been waiting 20 YEARS for this synth! But you have to admit, dB, aren't analog resonant filters wonderful????

 

-Marshall

 

 

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[Dave Bryce]

Excellent! Thanks to Gerard, Dano and stuffy for standing up and saying hey! Always great to meet more of the people in the forum.

 

...and stuffy, you totally belong here. You're a musician, and you dig hi-tech toys - that's pretty much the admission fee. We welcome your participation, and your point of view. Oh, yeah, about the fact that you say that you suck...if you're enjoying yourself, then you don't suck.

 

Who else are we missing? Anybody? Bueller? Anybody?

 

dB