Tag Archive: music computer

Guitar Hero Gets Kicks From Kasabian

by Paul Dakeyne, in Broadcast, Digital & New Media, No Comments

football controllerIn our seemingly never ending search for the next weird and wacky ‘controller’, here’s another we get a kick out of… (sorry). Here comes my shortest DV Blog post, and probably the longest sentence, therein: Ladies and, well probably just gentlemen actually, we combine your favourite Saturday afternoon recreation of ‘Footy’ with (mosh pit, ‘geezer’ fave, stadium rockers) Kasabian and round it off with … continue reading ‘Guitar Hero Gets Kicks From Kasabian’

No musician is an island anymore

by Barney Jameson, in General, No Comments

recording studioKeyboards, microphones, computer music software, drums, guitars and amplifiers – not so long ago, the musicians who used the gear in each of these categories would have seemed isolated from one another. They were experts in their own field, with only a passing interest in their band-mate’s instruments. They were islands on the sea of songwriting.

Those were the days when guitarists came up with song ideas that were worked on by the band in the rehearsal room, later to be taken into hired studios where a house engineer would charge by the hour to record and mix a demo. I should know – my old band’s first demo was recorded in a tiny studio in London, under the pressure of a ticking clock and the sure knowledge that we couldn’t afford an extra day to finish our three songs…

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Synergy Music Computer Partners

by Paul Dakeyne, in Music Software, No Comments

partnered_pdkYes, I’m a Mac guy, it’s Apple through and through for making music for yours truly.. But, I gotta say, I’m hearing quite a  few … continue reading ‘Synergy Music Computer Partners’