Jazz - One I was involved with, Pianist from South Africa, Guitarist from Duncan BC Jazz cover of 7 Nation Army from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Electronic Music from Essen, Germany Guy and Guitar from Drama, Greece
Germany, Greece, Malaysia…
MIDI – Three Handy Charts
I am just getting started with MIDI instruments, and I have found these three tables to be very helpful.
World Home Recordings – This Week’s Picks
A short cover of the beautiful korean folk song “arirang” (아리랑) Blues from Hazelbrook NSW , Australia Easy going instrumental rock from Melbourne VIC, Australia A good old jazz standard form Tartu, Estonia A beautiful classical piece for trombone and piano.
Backing Track for Afro Blue
This backing track of "Afro Blue" was created using Bandlab MIDI Instruments and loops. It's relatively simple chord pattern makes it a good improvisation piece for beginners or an excellent template for experienced players to experiment with alternate scales and modes. ArrangementBar 2 Intro & HeadBar 43 First SoloBar 83 Second soloBar 131 Head out... Continue Reading →
A Bite-Sized Introduction to Polyrhythms Part 1 – The Magic of the Hemiola
Lately I have been looking into alternate rhythmic ideas for music composition and have started what seems like it will be a very long journey to discover polyrhythms. Polyrhythms are found in all kinds of traditional "non european" music as well as Jazz and modern pop. From what I can sort out , they basically... Continue Reading →
Bandlab Picks for this week….
A nicely produced Singer/Songwriter Composition from Jakarta Indonesia - Sunlight by Nirmala and a Straight Ahead Rock tune from Studio One. Jakarta Skyline
New Release Hope Clearlight “Industrial Nightmares”
"A percussion and Moog driven sonic collage made from Music Maker JAM samples. Edited and Mastered on Bandlab." HC Photo by Steve Harvey on Unsplash
We Grow Accustomed to the Dark ReMix
Bandlab music sharing project, I added guitar, synth, and bass to this fantastic piano & vocal track. We Grow Accustomed to the Dark ReMix
Cowichan Valley Music Job Posting
Cowichan Folk Guild Artistic Director
Beats per Minute (BPM) Time Intervals
Why would you ever need to know how to convert beats per minute to a time interval ? Well I use this table all the time when I am working on a recording and I don't know what the BPM is , but I need to know to add in a drum beat or create... Continue Reading →
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