Sorry So Long

It's been a while since I last posted. Much has happened since April. I've now since graduated, worked at camp, and I'm back at school. I just started grad school three weeks ago and I am working for the new Freshman Engineering Program at Arkansas. Right now things are a lot slower than I'm used to and there aren't a ton of people in Fayetteville for the summer.

James Miller and I decided to "upgrade" his amplifier with new tubes (I think he's posted on this) and it stinkin rocks now. I think his gear is really starting to stand out tonally. Maybe we can get his cab built before he leaves for Austin. It will be so different not playing with the band this coming year. Who knows, maybe I'll join some others and start a new band.

Anyway, maybe I'll post about what's been going on more specifically lately. I'll try to keep this thing updated now that I'm back.

Reason Madness

I've recently been playing with a music software package called Reason. It's stinkin incredible and gets more flexible every release they send out. I just started on a loop for Everlasting God by Chris Tomlin. Normally, the song just starts with an acoustic intro, but I decided to add a little pad/sweep/rhodes pre-intro. It also allows for the click to start.


Here's a screenshot of the rack that I'm using. I like to always use a mastering combinator to polish it up. My default right now is a version of the de-digitalizer preset. I pretty much won't make a loop or song without it. I'm really into recording and music and I like even the demos to be polished to some degree. I'll post some more later on specific tricks in Reason and maybe some links to a few loops.

Have fun - Andrew

Fresh From the MBP

Hey everyone, I'm proud to announce the arrival of the long awaited MacBook Pro. That's right, this very blog was created on the new machine. Hopefully this blog will be useful to someone and I'll try to post something profitable occasionally.

Grace and peace be with you all!