Davenport and Fletcher
Jeremy Davenport played Friday (2/18) at the Ritz Carlton on Canal Street in New Orleans from nine o’clock till midnight. When I first saw Jeremy Davenport and band, they were professionally dressed and Davenport was styling a classic Harry Connick Jr. haircut. What does this have to do with music? Well my first perception was … Read more
Brazilian Nights
Saturday night (2/19) at ten o’clock I went to go see Acoustic Swiftness at Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar. Acoustic Swiftness defines itself as a Latin Jazz Quintet, but Saturday only four of the five were of attendance. On acoustic guitar and vocals headman Javier Gutierrez, on electric bass Tommy Sciple, on congas was Donal … Read more
1001 = 10… NERD
Dear online website builders: The world of code or really for me Mark-Up codes has opened my eyes to a bunch of terrible practices that website builders have thrown on to us. Luckily HTML and CSS (the predominant mark-up languages of webpages) are not that hard to learn. So I have decided to pass on … Read more
Where Were You At?
As school was coming to a close my friend Chris Sauer aka The Mentalyst, a very own Loyola University colleague of mine, and I recored a few of his hip hop songs. Props to his friend CWizz from CWizz Productions (follow @cwizzproduction) for making the beat to the song we just did entitled Where Were You … Read more
After Hours
This past wednesday (12/1/2010) I got the wonderful opportunity of using the recording studio @ Loyola University of New Orleans!! If you guys remember I recorded Ross Farbe in Native America back in the blog titled Christ Alrighty! This wednesday was round 2 of Native America goodness. Mr. Farbe does not disappoint, recording him is … Read more
Bombasticly Beautiful Broadcasting
The SM7B is a prevalent piece of equipment periodically partaken inside practically all radio stations. With a few fancy features this mic found itself fluidly into my fleeting arms, frequently flushing my face. Coming close to cheaply collectible, characters count the cost cautiously calculating if the SM7B is the candidate cut out for them. Search … Read more
DMG/Chiptunes
So lately I have been listening to a lot of chiptunes (8bit, Chip music). It is getting me want to make some of this 8 bit gritty goodness. I especially love the sounds of snares and the arpeggios. Some of it gets me in the mood to get down and head bang, while others help … Read more
Wahhhhhhhh
Wahhhh! This week I am going to show you my Dunlop Crybaby 535Q Multi-Wah Pedal. Just for starters I would like to say that I probably not used this pedal as much or as widely, or as skilled as: Eric Johnson (he is advertised on the musiciansfriends page). Although this pedal has certainly added to … Read more
