Having an effect…part 2

I posted that I was looking to trade up my 10 year old amp for something newer and shinier. Today that process may have started.
Last night I played for the first time in months. I again had to dust off the rig and haul it over to the church to play. There I met a [...]

Rig Check

Ok…so I’m stupid. Thats ok…I’ve come to grips with it.
Here are some facts. I haven’t played guitar..seriously for over a month. It hasn’t been a priority, and I’ve been way busy with things around the house, around school..all around other things. With my musical life on hold for a few weeks, I’ve decided to be [...]

My latest instrument

I’ve been working on and off on a harp of sorts. an Aeolian Harp. Its a project that I started a few months ago. Easier than a guitar, and less expensive to make. it’s played by putting it in a window on a breezy day. the wind through the strings makes them vibrate and Viola! [...]

Who needs a drummer?

Playing in a church band, I’ve played with countless drummers. Many are good…few are great…most are…well…never mind.
An alternative is a drum machine but the canned sound, along with a lot of programming net an inhuman aspect to live music…
Enter the “Big Foot Drum Machine”
A few years ago James Taylor came up with an alternative that [...]

Some Clean-up

I’ve been cleaning up some of the old posts, and re categorizing some things. I figured out that I really wasn’t using the Tags and Category options to the best benifit.
Not that I’ve been posting a lot lately, but I think this might take a few days to complete. The nice thing is that there [...]