Monday, March 26, 2007

How do you Roll?

You wanna to get it on? Spontaneity in making love is one thing but some things just need to go by the book.

How do you get it on...musically? That’s an important question to ask yourself when you want to accomplish anything with your instrument. What are the perfect mix of conditions, feelings and attitudes that set your mind on "play", "write" or "record"? And no, doing a bong hit doesn’t count.

And what are the steps best for you structurally, that for example, get you to lay down quality tracks simply and quickly?

I recommend that you think hard on and write down each step on the path to that place. How do you have to feel to create that chill beat? How do you whip yourself into a rage when you are writing devil music? If you want to get funky, first you have to feel funky. So the rule is free your mind and your ass will follow. And its different for everyone.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Don't Forget to Write

...and record.

Like mirrors, recordings never lie.

So go and get a decent digital recorder and lay down some tracks and listen. Really, listen.
Do you hear what you want to hear? Maybe something that could use a little polishing? Not only will you develop your ear to hear, working with the recorder boxes, which generally suck to use, will become easier and thus more approachable. The result you'll record more and produce stuff that sounds better.

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Me & My Marshall Dual Bloc

A small change in your amp set up can affect your tone. A small change in your tone can be interesting. That interest can be exciting. That excitement is all you can hope for when your trying to get motivated.

Last year I moved but never set up an AWESOME Marshall amp lent to me by a band mate and a truly close friend. It's been sitting in my basement unused but today, I set that rig up.
It's a JMP-1 pre amp running through a 9200 Dual Bloc and it's definitley not vintage. After I slipped a multiverb into the effects loop it has a sexy techno kitty purr to die for. Playing out of it can olny be described as, quality time.

Ok, I've got gear wood. ;-) Gotta rage!