Category: Musical Malpractice

So this was my senior year of high school, and we did two dinner shows, where the culinary class made a ton of dinners, and the school choir would perform. Well the WVSB Rock Band’s job was to provide background music while people were eating. A year before this we had the instructor on lead…

This is a demo reel I’ve assembled of some of my musical doings. These are clips from song covers, demos, and original jingles. Some clips have been already posted here, while many have not

Its the synth solo from Boz Scags’ "Lido Shuffle" but played on five tracks of Whirletzer electric piano (from my Yamaha ReFace CP.) This was done a year ago at 12:30 AM, I was bored, and no effort was made. Ideally this’d be played on a monophonic synth. Again, don’t take this seriously

five-track Yamaha keyboard MIDI recorder demo of a song I’m working on. Not at all polished in the slightest, just a quick proof of concept.

Warning: technicl nerdyness ahead. Brace yourself… I love music from older video games. I especially love music from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) which used a custom Sony designed sound chip that was really advenced for its day. bASICALLY, YOU CAN DEFINE A SET OF SAMPLES (A NOTE ON A PIANO, A DRUM HIT,…

I noticed that the drum track from one of the songs in the Streets of Rage soundtrack lined up perfectly with the Duran Duran song "Come Undone." This is the result.

So this was the first thing I experamented with using Melotron samples on. For those who don’t know, the Melotron was a 60s era analog tape based sampling device, its the instrument that gave The Beatles’ "Strawberry Fields Forever" that distinct sound. I had also just adjusted my audio interfaces’ latency compensation so there was…

I found MIDI soundfont with samples ripped from the Linn LM1, a classic 80s drum machine. So I decided to put it to the test with my synth, and I decided to use some different synth sounds. I’d prefer a Linndrum soundfont since I prefer the sounds of the Linndrum to the LM1, but beggers…