Korg padKONTROL – which MIDI ports to use for the Librarian
Just a quick note today, about the Korg padKONTROL. Just received in, so far very limited practice with it but did notice when I tried using it with GarageBand, the pads just didn’t line up (by default, anyway) with any known sensible GM drum kit configuration. Figuring it must be some simple Scene configuration, I [...]
Tommy Emmanuel: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Haven’t posted in a long while, and haven’t posted about music even longer. Anyway, no sense writing about music. Listen instead!
A new Bass in the Family
Traded in my Line6 Variax bass (and PodXT Live) for cash money to put towards a MusicMan StingRay. I didn’t have anything in particular in mind, but I figured I’d see what’s floating around used. I found one green 4 string at Guitar Center that had a nice big chunk out of it. That appealed [...]
Proposed Theme for my band Drugstore Cowboy
First, the band are not named for the movie. This was a name I picked out 25+ years ago, because I found a picture of a weird looking cowboy in our giant family Merriam-Webster dictionary. I meant it in that fashion … “1 : one who wears cowboy clothes but has had no experience as [...]