“Me 1st Dub” is a rather brief shot on «GarageBand» (which is a near perfect tool for a complete home recording newbie like me). I played the bass live into my laptop via an effect pedal/pre-amp with USB interface, horns and percussion via MIDI keyboard, all the rest is pre-manufactured GarageBand loops. Nothing special.

It’s one of my first ever humble attempts in creating digital music. No, I don’t play a Trace Elliott tower (as the illustration suggests). My neighbours would probably kill me. A Roland Bass Cube 100 must do.

Me 1st Dub

This is one of my first attempts at doing a funky tune. Drums and percussion are GarageBand loops, all the rest is played via USB interface (electric guitar and bass) or MIDI keyboard (Hammond organ emulation and all that stuff).

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Freitagsfunk

This is an ultra-short, rather weird or even silly tune; kind of a radio jingle or a quick shot. Vocals are my own, all the rest is loops from the assortment that came with GarageBand. The German lyrics (a one-liner) translate into “the tomcat with that nasty odor is dead.” — That’s all. Hope somenone will enjoy it anyway. License: Creative Commons, cc-by-sa 3.0 or higher.

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Toter Kater

An experimental Lo-Fi tune, recorded by a friend with his *photo* camera (I didn’t know that such a thing is possible).

Way back in 2012, a friend asked me to form a “house band” for his newly opened nightclub. He gave me full say in musical terms, so I gladly agreed. This is a recording of the very first encounter of Alex (soon-to-be guitarist of the «J-Band») and me on E-Bass. We had never met before, this is the very first (all improvised)tune we ever played together. It started to jell immediately.

Sorry for the lousy sound quality; I have tried to EQ it, but it didn’t work so well. It was all a very very spontaneous thing, and luckily another friend was on the spot to record it. The accompanying photo was also taken by him on this particular night. The «J-Band» lasted for roughly two years – when the club was forced to close because the landlord had doubled the rent “overnight”. Oh well …

Frank Behnsen

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