One way I like to learn music and especially band oriented I.e not solo pieces is to sequence it which mostly means notate it in notation software such as Musescore and then import into your DAW of choice. Alternatively most DAWs have a piano roll which can be used to enter midi data.
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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Primera Solea
Flamenco is such a different vibe than that of Classical Guitar. The technique is especially different and its definitely a groove oriented style, after all Flamenco is the dance music of Spain and way before the likes of Paco de Lucia were branding fiery solos , it was primarily used to accompany dancers.
Carcassi 1
Carcassi studies emphasize technique but are beautiful to the point that they are worthy of performance. I don’t have this at a performance level but the point is to document my progress so below I have attached the first 16 bars. Its very rough. I’ll make sure to announce when I have this at a reasonable enough performance level.
The first 16 bars emphasize scale runs with held bass note which are falling on beat 1.
Here’s my again very rough take of the first 16 bars:
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Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 9
I recently started getting up to speed on Logic Pro. I’m no strangers to DAWs. I have Cubase on my Windows Desktop , have used CakeWalk, and Reaper and actually used Logic before it was purchased by Apple. Anyhow, I thought I get re-acquainted the best way I know how and so I downloaded the Logic Pro book to my kindle on my Mac Mini and dived into through chapter 1.
Chapter 1 takes one through a tour that touches on most of the day to day interfaces by building a song via loops, then putting a quick mix and finally bouncing to a stereo mix as a mp3 file.
Here are the goals for Lesson 1 i.e. as taken from the book:
Goals
- Browse, preview, and use loops
- Edit regions and create an arrangement
- Navigate and zoom in the
- Arrange area
- Use effect and software instrument plug-ins
- Mix down and export to MP3
Here’s that mix:
Recording with the Godin Nylon
Today I decided to test recording with my Godin Nylon via the Focusrite Scarlet 2i2. The Godin Nylon has an output jack and thus I’m not recording via a mic but rather from what I recall to be piezo pickups on the Godin. The advantage of course is that all room noise is eliminated which is a constant hassle in the home studio. The track below also has applied some effects to warm it up a bit although not perfectly tweaked. The question is whether this is a viable approach.
I’ll leave it up to the user to make their own opinions.
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Just got one of these to hook up to my Mac Mini running Logic Pro setup. Music tech equipment has gotten so cheap ! Price about $150.00 for excellent mic pre’s and direct monitoring on box for zero latency monitoring. They also throw in 4 quality audio plugins
Giuliani No. 2
A variation on no. 1 , same chords , now doing i,m on a triplet pattern.