Found out about this fantastic open source music notation app through one of Adam Neely’s videos. So far I’m loving how easy and intuitive it is to use. It’s really well thought out and implemented. Did I mention that it’s free?! Wow. Big thanks to the MuseScore community for making this available to everyone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ4kRzkHroU&list=PLTYuWi2LmaPGb4SKXHm9JULQ-0CH8KpUk
Watched a great lecture on the relationships between rhythm, pitch and color given by Adam Neely at Abelton’s Loop 2017 conference. It gets “out there” at times, but he pulls it all together as he demonstrates how everything is essentially rhythm.
Particularly liked this “The Color of Sound” chart from Nicolas Melendez and Clint Goss that Adam referenced. It shows the direct correlations of pitch and light frequencies. It would be cool to use this when putting together a concert’s light show!
Was trying to decide which song to notate for my next “Hearing & Writing” assignment and remembered how much I love the bass line of Chic’s classic hit “Good Times”. First I wrote out the bass part and programmed it into Logic. I then added some drums, guitar and piano. Afterwards I notated all the parts on one sheet of paper and put together this video.
So glad that I found this channel on YouTube, it has so much useful information on it. Thoughtful reviews on all sorts of pedals/amps/guitars, comparisons of pedals by type (overdrives, distortions, fuzzes, wah-wahs, reverbs, delays, tremolos, vibes, etc.), thorough explanations on pedal related topics (e.g. pedal order, gain stacking, using buffers, power requirements, etc.), interviews with great players, pretty much anything you can think of related to electric guitar is on this channel. Also, they seem to be a couple of genuinely nice “blokes”.
This is another “someday” book that sat on the shelf for many years that I decided to make time for. Been going through it, slowly, over the past year or so. Each exercise runs through all keys and usually has at least 20 rhythmic variations to do. Usually I will run through one position on the guitar for each rhythm pattern. Takes quite a while to complete just one of these exercises. Right now, I’m about two-thirds of the way through and happy that I made the effort.
Been working my way through this monster of a book over the past few months. Currently on page 105 of Volume 3 while revisiting/reviewing Volumes 1 & 2 on a daily basis. Don’t see myself as a great jazzer by any means, but it has helped my reading for sure.
I’ve been using an ear training app called EarMaster for a few months now and am starting to notice a difference in my ability to identify intervals, chord qualities, rhythms and chord progressions as well as sight sing some pitches. It’s pretty comprehensive in it’s scope and has a lot of lesson material in it.
Following up on my Feb 12 Blog entry, here’s an example of an audio track before and after applying Compression & EQ on the final version of the track.
Here is a screenshot of the settings I used:
Music Sketch #59 is dedicated to all that we have known and loved.
Picking up from my March 5th entry, here’s a video with MIDI data before and after using Logic’s “Humanize” feature. It might appear subtle to some, but to me it definitely helps loosen up the rigidity that can happen with strict quantization.