musical thoughts

April 9, 2008

DIY Rhodes piezo mod

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.

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April 8, 2008

Dimensions of tone 3: suitcase tone controls

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Dimensions of tone 2: timbre adjustment

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

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April 7, 2008

my recording setup

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.)

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a really long jam session

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.

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DIY Jecklin disc

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

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video: parisian thoroughfare

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

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February 11, 2008

video: bring it on

Another oldie from the archive, recorded new with my latest studio setup.

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January 22, 2008

video: ain’t no thang

Here’s my first multi-keyboard video for YouTube.

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January 6, 2008

video: eighty-one

I hope you enjoy my arrangement of Ron Carter’s tune “Eighty-One.”

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