It was just a small outdoor gig, and we covered Snowblind by Black Sabbath.

It was good to be “on stage” again, and we got positive feedback from both people and media (newspaper).

It started raining during soundcheck, and they only had this small tent, so we had to cuddle up together.

It stopped raining before the gig started, but left it up,…Read More

On August 30, 2025 at 9:30 pm Fleer said
These are some of their very best. And I’ve become somewhat of a Ujam aficionado lately. Their stuff sounds so good. Got their Brute drummer yesterday, with the best sounding floor toms ever. Nick Mason, step aside.

Okay, that little reference was enough to get me started on an old — funny memory. Nick M…Read More

And arguably the best FM synth ITB.

These are some of their very best. And I’ve become somewhat of a Ujam aficionado lately. Their stuff sounds so good. Got their Brute drummer yesterday, with the best sounding floor toms ever. Nick Mason, step aside.

@MagicRuss You and I have a ton in common musically. What’s funny is, I just came back from taking my wife and daughter out for pizza and my wife puts on an oldies station and OMD comes on. I told my daughter, of the totally 80s synth bands, I really loved “OMD, Talk Talk, and Depeche Mode back then — bands that used drum machines!” But I was…Read More

 

1. What country do you live in?

USA

2. What musical instrument(s) do you play and when did you start playing?

I started playing guitar in freshman year of high school.  Also bass.

I took piano lessons in 4th and 5th grades.  Every so often I start to learn again, but always seem to get distracted.

3. Do you sing?

I used to.  In high school my…Read More

On August 4, 2025 at 10:10 am peter said
@cactusmusic Is the same fury monster a reference to Wokiee? I did like him and he used to seem like a nice person.

A small group of regulars would make coded political, racist, and anti-LGBTQ references (they weren’t very clever in coding them) at Cakewalk Deals subforum and I called thm out in posts t…

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I tried a lot of DAWS in days of the Cakewalk/Gibson bankruptcy.  There were a lot of things I liked about that Studio One, but editing was really awkward for me.

Surprisingly Bitwig was my favorite as it reminded me a lot of Project 5.  But I have a few issues with that one too.  It seems they are more interested in creating a modular en…Read More

Might need a sanity check here (both in calculations & mental sanity for going through this effort lol)

But if you’re fresh in the UJAM ecosystem, this seems to be the most cost-effective way to get all of UJAM’s offerings (except Vox Humana)
$83.16 – Essential Bundle from JRRShop (GROUP Coupon)
$49.00 – Intro Bundle from Plugin Boutique
$134.10…Read More

Okay, I’m about to head out for dinner with the family, but I took 15 minutes to download, install and try the free lite version of the shearwater piano out and I really iike it.

It’s a very home-y, very pleasant, humble sampled upright character piano. You wouldn’t be using this when you’re playing classical music.  It sounds a lot like the…Read More