So buzy! Very exciting news. June 17th I'll be playing along side Zedd and Savoy at Webster Hall! Here's the facebook jumpoff
Coincidentally, I'll be releasing my new track Necronomikz on that same date. Here is a preview of the track:
If you can't wait that long - just tweet about the Webster hall show and mention me and BOOM I'll send you over the track.
See you soon!
Hey everyone I wanted let you guys know that tomorrow is the annual Walk for Multiple Sclerosis and I want to invite you all. It's a really great time for a really great cause and the weather is going to be beautiful all weekend! I've been walking for the past 4 years with my sister who was diagnosed with M.S. in 2007. Every year we create a team and I thought it'd be great to see all of you there with us.
The walk is put on by the National M.S. Society who has making huge strides towards a cure. If you'd like to join us or donate to our team here is a link
My personal fund raising goal is $350 which may seem small but that can provide 4 rehabilitation sessions for someone living with M.S. Every little bit makes a huge difference.
I hope I get to see you all there, it's going to be a great day! Thanks for all your support!
In my off time I use the interwebz - looking for cool things - and when I find something pertaining the my favorite band, The Beatles, I usually share it. Thanks to Harmonix - the guys that make Rock Band - it's now really simple to listen to isolated tracks from Beatles tunes. Also there's this guy that separates the track in Reaper. Probably by doing some reverse phasing with the stereo mixed version but thats just my guess. Given that they were probably the most innovative band in terms of a studio production, one can learn a ton by listening to isolated tracks.
Not many people know that the gear they used was years behind other studios due to EMI's strict policy on disassembling any equipment before they can use it. EMI may have been in possession of the latest technology but while other studios were using it - they were dissecting and studying it leaving The Beatles with yesterday's tools. Now put four of the most musically creative minds in one room coupled with one of the worlds greatest producers and a motivated mixing engineer and what would seem to be a disadvantage is now and opportunity to make some of the greatest songs put to tape.
Here are some isolated bass tracks from the songs that contain my favorite Paul bass lines. He is the Supreme Chancellor of Bass Techtonics. Enjoy.
People sleep on Lovely Rita - for this session Paul, The Supreme Chancellor, asked Geoff Emerick how he can get more of a motown sounding bass - since all of those records had HUGE bass sounds. So what did they do? Took the 15 inch woofer from Paul's Vox bass amp reversed the polarity essentially creating a 15 inch mic that only picks up the low to low mid frequencies that it would normally put out, put that up against another bass amp, then doubled it. Supreme. Chancellor.
Another song people sleep on, bass-wise. The Supreme Chancellor goes wild in the verse after the Mid-8. This also includes Ringo's drums - if you listen closely you hear the tape cuts. Also the compression on these drums is beautiful.
Hello classy ladies and gents. Are you lovebirds ready for Valentine's Day? This year the good people at Auchentoshan Scotch asked me to make a little ditty for their Valentine's Day promo. Personally, I think love is a waste of time - I'm more into sitting on the couch with a tall glass of chocolate "moo juice" and the May '03 issue of Popular Science. I kid, I kid. Love is grand...and expensive. That's why Auchentoshan and I are giving this song away for FREE! HOORAY FREE! This is serious sexy time music kids, I must insist that if you are under the age of 145 please get a parents consent. Happy V-Day!
I'd like to thank my good friend Joey Trombone from Ozone Park for helping me come up with a title for the track.
Greetings. Today was a big bass day in the studio. Tracking tracking tracking and more tracking. I started off with the bass line to my new upcoming track "Graveyards". Until now it was all synth everything - well when it came to bass at least. So being a bass player by trade I decided to switch it up. I have to say I was very excited about the results. So excited that I thought I would give you guys a little preview. There is no drum track along with the bass because I really wanted you all to hear the sweet sweet sound of my Chandler TG-1 Limiter. I don't know what I'm psyched on more the sound of the compressor or the sound of the bass.
In case you were wondering I'm using a Fender Jazz going direct through a Groove Tubes Vipre and an API-550. Kaboom!
On to the next one. My second bass session was for a song I co-wrote and produced for an artist named ANE. There is an instrumental outro so I took advantage of the chance to get a little creative. Since I'm on the fence as to whether or not I will be leaving this in I figured it would be nice to let this see the light of day. I left in the accompaniment here so you can get the vibe of what's going on. I also channeled my inner Paul McCartney here. Enjoy.
Happy New Year! Hope the holidays were great for everyone and that you're following through on your resolutions! One of my resolutions was to quit smoking and I'm happy to say that it's been 19 days and I haven't had one! Woo! I also wanted to lose some weight and the Video Game god's saw fit to give me the flu for like 9 days - and whattaya know: I lost 3lbs.
Anyway big news from Japan! DJ Shuzo, one of Tokyo's top mix-tape DJ's and my very very good friend is putting out a new mixtape called "Village Vanguard" and is including some of my tracks like "Baxter" What's really awesome (well, depending how you define awesome) is that he named the mixtape after one of Japan's popular convenience stores : Village Vanguard. I guess I just really like Japanese convenience stores.
In other area's of awesomeness I came across a website called Vyou.com It's like YouTube and Twitter rolled up into a springroll with some fish oil and wasabi. Here's what it is in a nutshell: You create a profile and people ask you questions then you record a video of you answering the question and you can follow people and have people follow you. Here is my Vyou feed:
Hope everyone had a great Christmas. Here's a little present for ye. My man Badda Flexx did me the honor of laying down a verse for this Hold Yuh Remix I just finished. Take a listen for yourself and you'll agree that he SMASHED it. It's available for free download on my Soundcloud. Have a listen:
Also here's a remix of Wah Dem a Do Badda did with Mavado
So buzy! Very exciting news. June 17th I'll be playing along side Zedd and Savoy at Webster Hall! Here's the facebook jumpoff
Coincidentally, I'll be releasing my new track Necronomikz on that same date. Here is a preview of the track: 