Archive for category Music

Mapex MyDentity 6-piece Shell Pack Review–With Sound Clips

Posted by in Music, Review on March 16, 2014

For a few years now, I’ve been back into drumming pretty regularly, and have been getting by with a modestly upgraded old Tama Rockstar DX kit. While I really liked the look of the old Tama power toms, the more I played, the more I realized that getting them into a configuration that was comfortable […]

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And Now For Some Unique Christmas Songs…

Posted by in Music on December 24, 2013

Here’s a selection of Christmas songs that have caught my ear over the years. A few are old standards, just reworked in a very unique way, and others are originals. All are worth a listen, though some will probably get most people out of their comfort zone. Merry Christmas everyone. Sting – Gabriel’s Message This […]

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A Christmas Cover

Posted by in Music on December 16, 2013

I don’t often do covers, and I even less often do Christmas tunes. However, about 10 years ago, I was feeling particularly Christmas-y and decided to rework a Christmas tune. Unfortunately, I didn’t get it done before Christmas, so it never saw the light of day. This year, I decided to dust it off and […]

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A Very Interesting Musical Take on Bambi

Posted by in Music on December 13, 2013

Yes, that Bambi. This is the audio of a Spastic Ink song called ‘A Wild Hare’, synced to the Disney movie Bambi. Ron Jarzombek wrote the song as a musical recreation of this scene, and it is really cool watching the two synced. As a bonus, it features some awesome musicianship, including one of my […]

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Five Great Hair-Metal Songs You Probably Missed

Posted by in Music, Review on October 15, 2013

Well, my obsessive listening habits have brought me around to hair metal from time to time (I am a child of the 80’s, after all), and it still shocks me how many obscure gems are out there to discover. So here are five that you probably missed when they came out that you shouldn’t have. […]

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Finally ‘completed’ a new song…

Posted by in Music on July 15, 2013

I say completed in quotes because art is never really done, you just get tired of working on it at some point. Anyhow, this track is a song that my youngest son was doodling on one day that really inspired me, so we sat down and recorded his doodles. I then spent the next two […]

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Song for the Day

Posted by in Music on April 20, 2012

I suspect this is going to surprise a number of people, but I’m a fan of some of John Mayer’s music despite not being much of a fan of him, personally. While I always like to listen to great musicians (and he is a great musician, no doubt about that), that’s not why I like […]

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Setting up a drum set is an all-day event…

Posted by in Music on April 9, 2012

So I just got finished moving my wife’s office into the spare bedroom, along with putting the little kit in storage, and then setting up the big kit. All told, I’ve been working this pretty much non-stop since 7AM. Would have gotten it done faster, but the work was broken up with impromptu sessions where […]

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Comparison Review: TC Electronic Studio Konnect 48 vs. Focusrite Saffire Pro 40

Posted by in Music, Review on December 29, 2011

Approximately 4 years ago, I rebuilt my DAW, and shortly thereafter I decided to punt the whole internal soundcard paradigm to the curb and switch over to a Firewire-based external audio interface. This brought with it a couple of advantages. For one, I don’t have to screw around inside the case to install a new […]

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The result of OCD song rating tendencies: You find some exceptional songs

Posted by in Music, Review on March 4, 2011

One of the few benefits of being incredibly easily bored is that I tend to get expose myself to a lot of different things, and that’s no less true when it comes to music. When you combine this with innate obsessive/compulsive tendencies, you get some interesting results. In my case, it results in me listening […]

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