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According to data from the National Oceanographic Data center the Gulf of Mexico water temperatures are much higher than normal! I did and experiment to see if OIL increases water temperature and found the answer is yes! CLICK HERE to see the video!!

the latest song I put together with Friends Matt playing drums and Jimmy playing guitar. It started with a grooving Bass beat I put down to which Matt started a beat that blended with mine and jimmy came in with a guitar rhythm some spots sounded great during the jam but others went out of sync when one of us tried to get too tricky and was too far off beat. To fix this on the track I cut out the beginning and end of the jam session which synced. But parts were still off between Matt’s drums and my Bass so I played back only Matt’s drums and re-recorded the Bass part at times speeding up or slowing a little to stay in groove with the drums. For the most part this worked. I then added re-enforcing music on my keyboards which complimented the beat so this made the few off rhythms less obvious. This is why I suggest doing the Bass and Drums first so the rhythm is easier to follow.

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New Lenox Illinois is continuing their summer concerts again this year! This is a great deal with 3 different dates and two main bands per date. Bands that will be playing are Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult, Soul Asylum, Smithereens, and Survivor! Tickets are on sale to New Lenox residents now and soon to everyone! Check out the village of New Lenox website for Details!!

worked on a new song with my good friend Jimmy J who does the guitar licks. Started with Jimmy doing the guitar and the drum track on his fender amp with me playing the bass. I then added some synth sounds on my Juno DI and korg R3 and also used the vocorder on the R3. Having the guitar rhythmn and Bass/drums down first is a huge asset since then the song has a direction to follow. Hope you enjoy the track!!

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.

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!!

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well did another recording last night and finally found a way to keep the drum pattern playing by getting our of the automatic accompany program and going to just editing the drum pattern itself. This gives you only part of the pattern not the beginning , middle and end so you can keep the middle playing. Next step is to learn to transfer the whole pattern but increase just the middle. After getting the drum going I laid down a nice bass track and some guitar but the guitar track can use some more work. You can hear the result Never2FunkedUP at Reverbnation which also has tons of other artists with songs you can listen to. Or of course at my website JolietJeff along with my other tunes and some posts about other music and other interesting things.

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