Evening And Morning

OLD TIME BAROQUE

A nickel allergy has forced me to give up "steel" string guitars (as the strings rely heavily on nickel). Fortunately, I love the feel and sound of nylon string instruments, including my electric nylon string run through various effect pedals. With the exception of the fake drums, every sound on this recording was made with the set-up shown in the picture.

Forth And Back

Greater Than

IF(I Use A Capo It Won't Be In 'G')

This is my LTD TL-6N with Thomistik-Infeld "John Pearse Folk" strings. These really brighten up the sound of a nylon string guitar,

New Strings

Don't Eat The Snail

I wanted a new piece on which to play my recently re-necked bass. So, I programmed a fake percussion track, and, using the instruments in the picture, I created...this. I spent an entire 30 seconds just coming up with a name.

A Profound Title

It's a cloudy day, so here's a theme for it.

Theme For A Cloudy Day

The two fully programmable arpeggiators on the Korg X-50 were used to give me a "rhythm section" that would follow the lead of my left hand. There are no "over-dubs" on this. The first sound is the X-50, the electric piano sound is a Yamaha CS1x, and the mono synth is a combination of a Korg Volca Keys and an M-Audio Venom. 

What To Call It

After hitting, "Record," I sat at my synthesizers with a half-baked idea, and improvised the rest.  That explains the tempo shifts, etc.  But I think the general idea is a keeper.

Rob Darby

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