The Family Road Trip, Visiting Historical Musical Places Here is a brief idea for you to ponder if you have a boring guitar strap. I go into one way to add flare to your guitar strap. A few years ago, my family took an awesome road trip. This included touring Elvis Presley’s home, Graceland in…
Music Hour – The Hottest Band in the World… KISS!
Learning Some KISS Rhythm Guitar Parts Last night, for Music Hour, I plugged in my white Cortez Stratocaster copy electric guitar, and in Reaper, chose an amp simulator/distortion setting in Guitar Rig 6 which had a nice rock tone and bite. Then I fired up Spotify and decided to put some KISS on. I settled…
Music Hour – Still Practicing Regularly After 60 Day Challenge
Monday of last week marked the end of the latest 60 Day Challenge I took part in. It ran from Monday January 4th through Sunday, February 28th. I succeeded. It was through Jesse Josefsson’s Sync Academy, which, I joined in a few years ago. In a nutshell, for Jesse’s Sync 60 Challenge, you set an…
Music Hour – It’s Raining Men and then Crash!!!
Yes, I played bass to It’s Raining Men tonight folks! I love disco music. That beat. That Bass! I googled it later, and technically that tune is “post-disco” or early 80’s synth pop, but it tends to end up alongside the big disco hits. Either way, someone has to lay down the bass for the…
Music Hour – Drumming Along With U-Roy
At work today, I got popup on my phone from Spotify saying that U-Roy, also known as Daddy U-Roy passed away yesterday on February 17th, 2021 at the age of 78. I had to check him out! I brought up his Artist view in Spotify and hit Play. Yeah, he was the real deal. That’s…
Music Hour – Daily Practice Makes a Difference
I had fallen out of practice. I’ll just say it. I would only practice while composing a new track and then while recording it. But I doubt that’s not how practice is supposed to work! I would in the past feel a bit guilty being in my studio, amongst my instruments, but not picking them…
Zoom R16 – Troubleshooting in Reaper on Windows
Table of Contents Do This First! Before you dive into troubleshooting your Zoom R16 in Reaper on Windows, have you set it up properly yet? Here is another post where I go through the compete setup: Zoom R16 – Audio Interface and Control Surface Setup in Reaper on Windows (Will open in a new tab.)…
Zoom R16 – Audio Interface and Control Surface Setup in Reaper on Windows
Please Note: These instructions may help you with other Windows-based DAWs like Cubase, Pro Tools, FL Studio, etc., but my main personal experience is with Reaper. You would just have to figure out where the same type of settings are in your DAW. The below content may also contain ads for items mentioned in this…
Website Launched!
Black Friday was yesterday, and it was the day I was waiting for. I bought the domain for my name, which will be the main site to highlight my original music for prospective clients and music libraries.