Drum Room Project :: Cleaning my new Drums

So as I mentioned in a previous post, that I traded an old drum set for an old AC window unit that I no longer needed. The drums had been living in a closet for some time, and were very rusty. Very Rusty. Before they get played or even setup a thorough cleaning was in Read More …

Stretching Too Far

For the Song I am writing this entry from memory. There are no initial notes for this song. Finally had got this new VST working, and this popped out. That literally was how this song started. The initial working title was “Long Chords”. Couldn’t think of anything else. It seems that initial naming of something Read More …

Minor Illusions

The third song on my first album, Initial Experiments, was started as chords on the bass which is how the song starts.  This is the first tune I recorded with live instruments along with VST instruments.  Once I came up with the chord progression, I manually entered it into Ableton using the pencil tool.  All Read More …

Drum Room Project

In the later summer of 2022 I traded an older window Air Conditioning unit for a Drum set. The kit is not 100% full. missing some cymbals, but I no longer needed the AC unit, so drums seemed a worthwhile trade. My wife was not the happiest of people, but was still incredibly supportive. The Read More …

Getting Started :: The Basic Home Studio Setup

Here is my basic home studio listing to get setup and started making music in your home.  This is bare bones as I could make it.  I have some links to gear, sites, channels all sorts of things to help get you started. 5 Things Computer – In the past I might have said that Read More …