Collection of Live performances,  demos, ideas.... 

Live Performances/Demos/Ideas

I made this track using Teenage Engineering's OP-1 for many of the synth sounds, as well as its built in FM radio (with which I sampled happened upon Salt n Pepa's "What a Man" ... destiny I suppose).  I recorded the sounds straight into Ableton Live, where I further manipulated them.  Another sample came from The Hues Corporation vinyl I had around the house.  

Using the OP-1 was a blast! It encouraged me to come up with some new ways of twisting sounds.  My personal favorite is one of the high pitched synth parts, which I labeled with a comment.  This sound was made by looping super tiny portions of the Salt n Pepa sample, and changing the length of the loop on the fly.  Changing the length changes the pitch of that note, and coming up with a melody is a matter of turning the knob just right (really fun and awfully random).  

Thanks to Anthony Ricciardi for the photo from Lit Lounge 6/30/11


"Salt Shaka" (OP-1 & Ableton Jam, July 1, 2011)

A mellow, sparse instrumental made by resampling an arpeggiated chord using the new Max for Live Kasio instrument and the AfroDJMac Operator Glitch Drums.  

Praying Mantis

Here's a track I made using samples from the Commodore 64 drum kit I put together recently with http://www.BedroomProducersBlog.com  I decided to make some music using those drums after the passing of Jack Tramiel.  It's  little tribute and a welcoming to the next phase of life...

 You can have a free Ableton Live Download of those drums here:  http://bit.ly/freesynth51

Thanks and enjoy!

Jack Tramiel Tribute

Live run through of the song "Substitution" by AfroDJMac.  Recorded on 8.9.12 for use in the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8xGm3KkCPw

Substitution (Live 8.9.12)

"All of My Life (I Have Been Waiting For You)" was recorded outside in a screen house around midnight 8/18/12 on Long Island, New York.  Written and recorded by AfroDJMac and SuperKid.  Recorded on the Teenage Engineering OP-1, using its internal microphone for guitars, vocals, and percussion.  Keyboard added inside Ableton Live with the AfroDJMac CP-35 Pack (free download of that instrument here: http://bit.ly/freesynth9)  

Lyrics:

It's alright Tonight
You'll be home before long
All of my life I have been waiting for you
When I'm alone I dream of you
Before you go make sure you know
All of my life I have been waiting for you

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All of My Life (with SuperKid)

This is a live performance I did, on the air, for WUSB (Stony Brook University Radio) in December.  I played five songs and did a short interview (which was not included here).  All music performed and recorded using Ableton Live.

Live Set @ WUSB Fundraiser

Musician, Producer, and Educator from New York. 
Host of the Music Production Podcast. 
Author of 5-Minute Music Producer. 
Berklee Online teacher. 
Ableton Certified Trainer.

"Salt Shaka" (OP-1 & Ableton Jam, July 1, 2011)

Brian Funk