Another A-Team trailer just hit the internets. Surprisingly, they make the movie look better every trailer. I’m now anticipated to see it and looking forward to it. Check it out.
Kev
http://trailers.apple.com/movies/fox/theateam/ateam-tlr2_720p.mov
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Magix Music Maker…
For MIDI software, I think I’m sold to “Magix Music Maker”. This is what I’ll probably get. This is one software that you don’t need all that expensive MIDI equipment with. You just install and create music with the tip of your fingers on your PC keyboard. If you know how the notes and chords sounds you can create music, in any style and genre easily. This software is cheap, $50.00. I’ve been looking at this software for a while anyways. This is probably the only MIDI software you can create music that almost sounds close to the real thing. I’ve been listening to track examples online and this might be decent MIDI software. I plan to order this software soon, maybe later this Spring when I get the extra cash for it.
I want to put band backup behind my songs. Plus, making MIDI music will be fantastic practice for soloing lead improvisations. That’s another reason why I want MIDI software for improv practice.
http://www.magix.com/us/music-maker/
Kev
Thought: Why I love Phish so much…
I’m sure some would wonder why I love that band Phish, which are known as a hippy acid rock jam band. I know most Phish fans do drugs and drink, but I don’t need to do any of that stuff to enjoy their music. Do I enjoy their songwriting skills? Yes, they write pretty good stuff in the studio…but what I’m most impressed about with this band is the way they play their live shows. I’ve seen so much live music over the years. In today’s music, no live performer out there can perform live better than Phish can, period.
They are not really seen as a studio band. They are seen as a live band. That’s what people are used to seeing Phish as. So many people compare Phish to the Grateful Dead, but I disagree. They don’t sound like each other at all. What I admire about Phish’s live playing is that they know how to control an audience. Their instruments speak to their audience. They can have the power to control an audience how they please just by playing on stage. Trey’s magical guitar leads blaring out in far away places, just makes you want to dance to them. A band like Phish they can get on stage and play as long as they want, all night if they wanted to. They would jam on every song for like 30 or 40 minutes each, and after the gig, they act like it was an easy thing to do and it was nothing.
When ever I go to a Phish show, they make you feel like it’s your second home. They really make you feel part of the band. The band shows that they do it for the fans and not for themselves. Them coming back is not about ego and money at all. They came back ’cause their fans wanted them back. A band like Phish, you don’t even have to know their songs well by heart just to see them live, just go there and enjoy the show. Just for the enjoyment of feeling like home with the band. You’re looking at future, Rock n’ Roll Hall of Famers here.
Phish is indeed, the greatest live performers on this planet. Trey Anastasio may not be a trained vocalist, he may not be that great of a singer, true, but in jam band music, you don’t even need to sing good. They just did it. Just sang with no musical training. In jam band music, fans don’t really worry about the vocals anyways. They just want to hear some long guitar jams. That’s what jam band is all about.
Phish will be playing two nights of SPAC in Saratoga Springs this Summer, and I’m thinking of going to both of them. Probably will. If I go, I’ll probably get lawn tickets, not inside.
Kev
About Pro Tools MIDI…
In order for me to use MIDI with Pro Tools, what I would need is a MIDI I/O driver for my computer, a MIDI mixer, and a MIDI Keyboard. All that stuff would cost a lot of cash, so I wouldn’t be able to afford all that stuff for now. I’ll get that stuff somewhere down the road, but not right away. So for now, I’ll just get some other MIDI software that doesn’t need to require all that equipment.
There’s plenty of other MIDI software out there that I can mix MIDI and Audio tracks with. Midi software like “Band in a Box”, “Garageband”, etc. All that stuff. You don’t really need to use Pro Tools for MIDI if you’re not good with that stuff like me. Just use Pro Tools for recording audio your voice and guitar.
I plan on buying MIDI software soon, I just need to find a good one. ProTools is complicated stuff with MIDI.
Kev
Pro Tools Plug-Ins
So most of today, I spent some trying to install some plug-ins for Pro Toos. You know, “plug-ins” which are additional software and gadgets for your pro-tools. So I installed them to ProTools, as I launched pro Tools an activation screen came up with all of the plug-ins I installed. I shouldn’t have to pay for the “plug-ins” in Pro Tools ’cause they came for free with the Pro Tools software itself. So in order to use the plug-ins for Pro Tools, you need to activate with the Ilok. So I went to the Ilok website to transfer the activation, but I can’t do that just yet, ’cause they want you to pay for a $25.00 fee in order to transfer. Once I pay that fee, and transfer, then I’ll be able to use the plug-ins definitely. 25 dollars is not that bad, so I’ll pay it when I get the chance.
I need to use the plug-in for the “Noise Reduction” software they have. I need noise reduction to get rid of background noises in vocals. Hell maybe there will be a free one online somewhere.
I’m just getting things ready and set up before I start recording songs.
Kev
Cool Video: “The Expendables” teaser hits the web…Sly, Bruce and Arnie on the same screen???
Well, it’s finally here. Sly finally finished the “Expendables” trailer and released it to the web, exclusively at yahoo. The film looks very good. Very well made trailer. The song playing in the trailer is Godsmack. Sly hired Godsmack himself to write an exclusive song for the movie only. The film looks awesome and can’t wait for it.
I’m very happy for Dolph Lundgren that he’s finally back on the big screen in a huge way. This film will indeed get him out of his straight to DVD career.
Why do we have to wait for August to see this movie? I want to see it NOW!!!!
Kev
It’s time to start making music again…
Messed around with Pro Tools today. I figured out the problem of why my guitar was sounding like shit through the recording. It was because I had the M-Audio interface and speakers both plugged in at the same time. So I just unplugged the speakers and used headphones on the M-Audio. The guitar records perfectly clean, with no background hiss or nothing. The guitar sounds like a perfect studio recording.
However, even if I can get the microphone to work good, there is a lot of hissing noise in the background. I would like the vocals to sound studio perfect, I’m sure there is way to do it but I’ll figure it out. Maybe has something to do with input/output stuff and maybe has something to do with “noise reduction” feature or might have to mess around with the equalizer to help get rid of the hiss.
I’ve been working on riff ideas and stuff. Will start writing lyrics again too. Pro Tools is getting easier and coming back to me. I will record with a “click track” from this point on so I can play in time. I want to try my best and record more professionally my own way.
Maybe later this Spring/Summer, I’ll start getting new songs on the net. When I do though, I’ll probably upload them to this blog here first, then I’ll make a facebook fanpage to upload them to as well. Yep, I refuse to go back to myspace ’cause I hardly ever touch that site much anymore. Myspace is the worst thing for music and I find facebook to be a better promoting tool.
Kev
Report: Phish to appear on Jimmy Fallon to cover Rolling Stones song…
It’s a rare thing that Phish does TV performances. Why? Because they hardly ever do it. Their last TV performance was way back in 2004. I don’t know what show they appeared on that year but I’m trying to find out by google research, not finding anything.
On May 13th, Phish will be going on Jimmy Fallon, to perform a Rolling Stones cover off their, “Exile on Main Street” album. During Phish’s 3 day Halloween fest in Indio, California. Phish performed “Exile On Main Street” in it’s entirety. Phish will be performing one song off that record on Jimmy Fallon.
Yes, Phish do play covers at their live gigs. They have always been known to do that.
More on it here:
http://summer2010.phish.com/news
As to which song Phish will play from “Exile on Main St.”, I’m thinking either “Soul Survivor” or “Sweet Virginia”.
Kev
Report: Lady Gaga plans to stick around music for a very long time…
Lady Gaga wants to let fans know that she doesn’t plan on quitting the music business anytime soon. She reveals she’ll still be doing music even when she’s in her 50’s in the future, like Madonna for example.
More on it here:
http://www.nme.com/news/lady-gaga/50442
That’s good. The more Gaga, the better. I have her first two albums, “The Fame”, and “The Fame Monster”. She’s great music to workout to. I don’t like much of today’s music but Lady Gaga is who I love as a music artist. I’ll be getting every album she comes out with now. I one day hope, will get my chance to see her live in concert as well. Big fan.
Kev
Report: “Godzilla” coming back to the big screen again, brought to you by Legendary Pictures…
Legendary Pictures, announced they scored the rights to remake “Godzilla” from Japan’s Toho Co. Warner Bros. will release the film and plans to release it in 2012. A director for the film have already been hired, but they will announce who it is sometime in the future. I imagine it will probably be a Japanese director.
Variety Reports:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017027.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Lets hope this will be better than the shitty Roland Emmerich remake. None of the new Godzilla remakes were any good anyways. I loved the classic Godzilla Japanese films. I was obsessed with them as a kid.
Wonder if they’ll try and make this version more like JJ Abrams “Cloverfield”.
Legendary pictures claim they will stay true to the Godzilla characters as the Japanese films, but I don’t know. I just have a feeling it will be a 3D CGI full of action effects. It probably will be a computerized CGI Godzilla. Those days of a man wearing a Godzilla costume for film are over.
Kev
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