When the rain comes down

Vegas By Bullet Train

What do you do when you wake up "this morning" with a set of chords in your head and a line for the chorus that's something like "One Step From Hell"? Record it and ask your super-experienced guitarist friend Rick DiFonzo to add some extra grunge to it. 
Which is what I did. Now who wants to sing it?

One Step From Hell

This was a track of a demo CD I produced for synthesizer manufacturer Waldorf in 1994. It features only Waldorf synthesizers, prominently the Wave of course, plus some Akai sampler drums. The famous late Rocco Klein (R.I.P.) appears on guitars. Vocals: Hilmar Kusenberg and Axel Hartmann (background).

This Wheel's On Fire

Just rediscovered this version of "Addicted to Love" I had the pleasure to contribute all keyboards and synthesizers to in the mid 90s. It was published on a (now discontinued) Mel Gaynor (Drummer of Simple Minds) record and was one of the last records Robert Palmer performed on.
Produced and drummed by Chris Marr, with my old pal Lars Slowak on bass.


Addicted to Love (feat Robert Palmer)

A hommage to L.A.. 
Music video here: https://youtu.be/O1jyRnh4yk8

Detailed info and links to my collaborators:

Daniel Ruzcko - video(http://www.danielruczko.com/)
Rick DiFonzo - guitars (http://rickdifonzo.com/)
Detlef Blanke - bass(http://www.detlef-blanke.de/)
Tony Morra - drums (http://downtownbatterie.com/)

Music produced in Logic Pro X

Featured instruments:
NI The Giant (Grand Piano)
Digidesign Velvet (all electric pianos)
Spectrasonics Omnisphere (all pads and arpeggios) 
u-he Diva: Synth solo

Mixing tools: McDSP plug-ins
Mastering tool: Izotope Ozone

January In Tinseltown

This is a track from a demo CD I produced for synthesizer maker Waldorf back in 1994. It exclusively uses Waldorf synths (Wave, MicroWave, Pulse) sequenced in Logic, recorded and mixed through a Yamaha 02R.

04 Cyberscore

This is a musical congratulation to the u-he team and a Thank You for my new favorite synthesizer, the Repro. 
Today I downloaded the final version, opened a "Stranger Things" kind of project I'm working on and replaced every track with a Repro-1 or Repro-5 (except drums). Enjoy!

Mojave Sky - U-he Edition

A >20 min track for transitioning into sleep. I made this for my wife and myself and have successfully been using it for over a month now. Except for recording it, I've never made it beyond maybe 5 mins.

The track uses the way our perception of audio and music controls our mind, by ways of tempo, distraction, harmonics, frequency spectrum a.s.o. (I have past professional experience with producing relaxation music and science behind it).

For an optimal result: 
- Put the track on any device that has a speaker - even a phone will do (although make sure to put it on "don't disturb" or flight mode).
- Set to the minimum volume that allows you to still hear everything (ideally you'll have to listen closely ...)
- Assume sleep position, start playback. 
- Softly, without effort - focus on the music and listen for subtle transitions, rhythms, little accents.
The track will gradually start to tone down after 15 mins and end in silence, so there's no absolute need to set a play length.

Somnia (puts you to sleep)

A product demo I created in 1995, for the then-popular demo CD of KEYBOARDS magazine Germany.

Classic KEYBOARDS demo: E-mu EIV

Sophie B. Hawkins is best known for her #1 hits "Damn, I wish I was your lover" and the original of this remake: "As I Lay Me". 
In 2010, I had the pleasure to record and arrange two demos for Sophie's album "The Crossing" - this is one of them. Recording Sophie at the studio in her house was a great experience - she has a presence and a way to be taken up with her performance that words fail to describe - if you've ever seen her perform live, you'll probably know what I mean. 
Eventually the album went a more acoustic direction and this version is not included, but we still love it and I am posting it here for friends to enjoy. If you like it, go to Sophie's homepage and get the album at http://sophiebhawkins.com/. 
And if you have the opportunity, don't miss her Janis Joplin performance "Room 105" (written by the congenial Gigi Gaston) in L.A.!

Guitars/Bass and Mixing by Detlef Blanke.

Sophie B. Hawkins - "As I Lay Me" Unreleased Demo - 2010

Synthesizer rendition of "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", a chorale prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 645).

The notes of lead and second voice were recorded as MIDI into Apple Logic. The Bass was sequenced (step recording). 
All audio was recorded with live control changes on a Moog 55 Modular Synthesizer clone manufactured by synthesizers.com. 

Since I can't sight-read, I "transcribed" the piece by ear from an organ recording.

Bach vs Modular - BWV 645

Production music project. Theme totally inspired by NIs "The Giant", an incredible virtual piano I'm loving more with every minute I spend with it. 

Sounds in order of appearance:
Altar Boy: EWQL Symphonic Choirs
Music box: Kontakt factory, McDSP Futzbox
Piano: NI "The Giant"
Piano Noises: NI "The Giant Cinematic"
Strings: "Crossbreed Strings" - various bits from Kontakt factory library, EWQL Symphonic Platinum XL, NI Session Strings, all "patinated" with McDSP Fuzzbox
Sub Bass: U-he Diva 
Distorted Drone: Spectrasonics Omnisphere "Distorted Evolution Drone" modified
Distorted Drums: NI Battery 4 -> AutoFilter ->GuitarRig ->McDSP Revolver
Big Drums: EWQL Storm Drum 2 "Bombo Hangar" ->SoundToys MicroShift
Sticks: EWQL SD2 "All Sticks"

Mastered in Logic with McDSP ML4
DAW: Logic Pro

Doll In The Attic

I felt that with a Hammond, "Get Lucky" might actually have become a big hit, so I added my B3 played through a NEO Ventilator Leslie simulator. 

Seriously, this is a short demonstration of my favorite rock organ sound. I just got the B3/Ventilator setup right and it feels and sounds incredible.

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