musical thoughts

More loop jam, but this one is in 13/8 for variety’s sake.

read more of video: somewhat insincere

Another funky loop, but I’m back to 4/4 for a while.

read more of video: interlude

Another entry in the loop-based funk category. I deliberately didn’t point out the distinguishing characteristic of this tune.

read more of video: after six

This was originally posted on the SuperSite forum (but I am the author and it’s my mod). It originally took the form of several posts talking about the idea and then the execution of the idea. I’ve tried to present it here in more of an article format.

read more of DIY Rhodes piezo mod

More reposted material!

read more of Dimensions of tone 3: suitcase tone controls

Another article on Rhodes tone quality which I originally posted at the SuperSite.

read more of Dimensions of tone 2: timbre adjustment

I get a lot of questions on YouTube about this, so here’s the complete current look at my home studio, such as it is. (I started this post a few months ago and I’ve had to update some major parts of this description.)

read more of my recording setup

I’m going to try to do better about posting things here that I’m working on. I need to quit worrying so much about whether a thing is “good enough” to post, because they all are. With that in mind, here’s something of a white elephant.

read more of a really long jam session

Here’s a brief description of my homemade Jecklin disc and how I use it.

read more of DIY Jecklin disc

Here’s another bebop video post. Bud Powell’s Parisian Thoroughfare.

read more of video: parisian thoroughfare