This is a quick jam I did with the Korg Monotribe, Korg Volca Beats, and Korg Volca Bass.  The purpose was to experiment with the Bass' slide and polyphony functions.  The bass and initial percussions is from the Monotribe, Beats then joins, and the Bass does the rhythm and leads.  Fun stuff!

MMV Jam-1

Here's a tune that I came up with the piano part way back in the eighties (can you hear an eighties vibe?) but I didn't record until the first decade this century!  One thing - I often get complimented for my guitar chops in this song...Thanks guys!  By the way, it's not a guitar! :)  In my other recordings, if you hear a guitar, it's most likely a guitar.  This one, not so much.  It's me manipulating the mod and pitch bend wheels on a keyboard!  Anyway, enjoy!

Take the Lead

Around the turn of the century, a new kind of Boy Band busted onto the scene!  This wasn't your average Boy Band - These kids had 'tude!  It was the SheaboyZ, and music hasn't been the same since!  The boyZ had a string of two hits, then "The Man" said they had to go to kindergarten and it was all over.

Presented here to the public for the first time this decade is a little taste of what the world would have been in for.  Big brother Pat (also co-writer of the lyrics) takes lead vocals for the verses, and younger brother Chris croons the chorus.  Enjoy!

Soccer - Kick the Ball

I wanted to come up with one of those hard-beat analog-based type of tunes you hear at the stadium during football games.  But I also wanted to through some rock into it.  So here you have it!  Of the half dozen or so people who've heard my stuff, this is a favorite!  TURN UP THE VOLUME!!!

Atomic

This is a cover of Jean-Michel Jarre's "Oxygene Pt. 4" from his 1976 album Oxygene.  I did this as an exercise to learn Cubase Pro, which I migrated to after the demise of Sonar.  A month or so back, Doctor Mix posted a 20-minute "how to" cover Oxygene Pt. 4.  Since he works with Cubase Pro, I thought I would walk through all the steps to help me learn Cubase's functions, and it looked like a fun song to record.  Doctor Mix didn't finish the song but got most of the major parts, and after I finished the steps in his video, I decided to finish the song.  It's more of a recreation than a cover, as I took very few liberties to make changes.   The one exception is that I wanted to make the Korg Minipops drums/percussion to stand out a little more.

I didn't have the softsynth Doctor Mix had, so I either created the sounds from other softsynths or found a close preset and tweaked it.  I'm happy with most of the results, although I wish I could have gotten the thin lead that kicks in at about 1:31 and about 2:52 a little better.

Disclaimer:  I do not own this song!  I'm releasing this free for the listener's personal enjoyment only!

Oxygene Pt. 4

OxyGene, Pt.4

This is a fair use cover of a quick tune Alex Ball (https://soundcloud.com/alex-ball-1) came up with for his video demo of the Roland RS-09 (located here: https://youtu.be/GnvoDukauB8?t=182).  He made the RS-09 sound like a cheesy sixties organ.  I had just gotten Arturia's Collection 7 which included their Farfisa organ emulation.  Once I heard Alex's tune, I said, "I HAVE TO COVER THAT!!"  It's a pretty close rendition, although I changed the key and didn't use a real guitar (you wouldn't have known that unless I said it!)  It was a fun piece to put together!

Jeff Shea

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