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Worked on a new song LittL Assp using my new Roland Juno DI. I blended some of the Juno’s voices with those of the Korg R3 for a nice Dance beat sound. Remember to adjust the tempo on your synths so they match if you want the same beat to be heard in all parts of the song.
Now playing Purple microdot one of my old tunes with a hendrix guitar sound
Hope you enjoyed the song DARKNESS OF THE LUNAR ECLIPSE … thanks to my friends Jimmy J.for the dark and distant guitar and Steve for the great drums!! I added the Bass some guitar, and some synth to round out the sound!! I only got Jimmy on a mike pickup and could not adjust the volume to hear his guitar through the whole song but the distant sound fits in well for the song intro. Hope you Enjoy IT!!
You can use this player to listen to my songs including the new Mix of my song Dreams under a Full Moon. I added a new synth voice on my Korg r3 to this mix to make the parts interplay more and keep the song more interesting. I then made the guitar part simpler since I felt the old part was not well suited to the song mix. Finally I mastered this on the Br1600 after transfer from pro tools on my computer. Hope you enjoy the song!
You can listen to free music from many artists at Reverb nation an independent music site. Sign up as a fan or if you make music an artist and you will get your own music player and a home page that allows you to make playlists and follow your favorite artists.
Why not check out my homepage there at http://www.reverbnation.com/joliet jeff and sign up as my fan and get the homepage.
While you are there check out my playlists … the Rock playlist has tunes by the Eagles, Kiss, Heart, and many more!
A tip to use this player with your home stereo … you can buy a stereo plug to 2 rca plug cable just plug the stereo plug into your computer line out jack and the 2 RCA(red and white) into your stereo … this makes your computer into the super MP3 player and also the great reverbnation player!!!
Another technique I have found works well for myself and others is to have all players in the group repeat a main pattern together every once in a while to reinforce the songs main line and to help keep the rhythm. This can be done by most of the players repeating the same notes with the same timing for a bar or two. I also can be done by having those who are soloing play the same notes, hit and hold the root of the chord or the chord itself. This can keep the solo from staying too far from the main line in the song and also make it smoother for the listeners. I often find that if at least the BASS and soloing instrument do this together it works well. Give it a try and see how it works for you. Add your comments on this or similar techniques you have used.
Well had a great Jam session the other day with my friend Jimmy J. ! But took a while for the session to heat up and the main problem was with the timing of our playing. Music can sound sweet or like the clanging of a bad piston in a car. Just like the piston if the timing is off the music will not run right. So how did we get into time and how can you do this too? Try to jam along with a drum machine or something that has a beat to it. This will improve your timing and ability to keep a rhythm going. Many instructional methods now have CDs with them that you play along with. If you can afford a drum machine or guitar effects pedal or amp with a drum machine built in go for it. You can also buy a keyboard or Synth that has rhythmns and patterns built in to play along with. The Korg R3 and the Boss BR1600 both mentioned in other articles have these features to some extent. The more reinforced the Beat is the easier it is to follow. This means having a drum and Bass guitar track is usually easier to follow than just a drum track. I hope this will help you. Check out my tunes at Reverb Nation especially the Track ‘Hole in my Shoe’ Jimmy J. and I just completed! click here.
I was working with the R3 Last night and put together a song by overlaying 4 of the different effects. I started with a keyboard effect intro and then went with the decibell voice laying down a machine like sound. I then added the first melody and finally an almost crying voice just off an 1/8 beat from the first melody. Putting the patterns off by just a 1/16 or 1/8 beat allows them to be heard but yet blend with the other effects. I placed this song at my reverbnation site click here to hear it! It is just a small demonstration of the R3.
Well finally got the Korg R3 synth I ordered a couple weeks ago and let me say it ROCKS!! This synth not only has all the great synth sounds with 128 different patterns but you can tweak the modulation, pitch and so many other things it could take years to use them all well. Not to woory though because you can quickly grasp how to make sounds work for you and with your other instruments and recording equipment. I already have a rough cut of a new tune that I decided to post at Reverb nation after only a few hours of use!! I took the SEA TALK setting on the R3 and a drum pattern from my BR1600 and put them together. It did take a while to get the drum beat to a tempo that closely matched the delaay and modulation on the R3. After a couple dozen tries I found a good match and then added some guitar to it.
So for the last 3 days, I have been changing around things in my music studio. I bought some rather inexpensive plastic racks and glued some laminated counter tops on them then transfered my equipment to them. This not only gave me more room but organized the equipment better. I also rearranged the furniture in the room so that the speakers all have open space to play in and their is room for 8 to 10 people to play in. The Racks and the counter tops I bought at Menards for under $125 so I feel this was a great investment. see the picture below or all my pictures in the
Racks give room to work in
