30 Sep 2010
29 Sep 2010
Minimal house beat programming
The video below shows how the guy composes a quick beat using The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer. I think that's about all you need for drums in minimal house.
808 Drum programming (by Eekkoo) from Eekkoo on Vimeo.
21 Sep 2010
kevkondro disco love
Disco love is the new tune! Have a listen and give me some feedback. You can also download reason file and rework the tune as you like. This track comes in a series of tracks for the upcoming album.
19 Sep 2010
Drumming for Peace
Drummers from Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Coldplay, Stornoway, Snow Patrol and The Police beat for peace.
17 Sep 2010
Fiction Plane - Two Sisters
On the occasion i am seeing Sting tonight in Vilnius, I will not post his video but his son's instead. lol. Great song anyway!!!
16 Sep 2010
15 Sep 2010
kevkondro rockaria
Rockaria - the new track! Have a listen and give me some feedback. You can also download reason file and rework the tune as you like. This track comes in a series of tracks for the upcoming album.
Reverb Basics Tutorial
Very well written audiotuts tutorial on reverb audio effect. Reverb is something that we often take for granted never realizing its true implications and uses. The tutorial will cover reverb parameters, modes, mixing etc.
Original article:
How The Hell Do I Use Reverb Anyway?!? Basix
14 Sep 2010
kevkondro exclamation
Exclamation is my next tune in a bid to complete my second album. Made on Reason 5. You are very much welcome to share, remix, and remake this work.
13 Sep 2010
kevkondro lucky roll
Another tune from myself. Made on Reason 5. I think my second album is coming. But let's just wait and see what happens. You are very much welcome to share, remix, and remake this work.
12 Sep 2010
kevkondro ginger ale
Here is a new track from myself and kevkondro. The tune is made on reason 5. That's my first track with the new reason. Please feel free to share, remix, and remake it.
9 Sep 2010
Most effective music making technique: Rest your ears!
Just a recap on one of the audiotuts author's tip on mixing. Resting your ears is as important as owning a pair of good monitors. I would even argue ears are the priority everything else aside.
The large amounts of time spent making music, mixing, mastering, or doing anything that requires you to listen, do not bring great results. On the opposite, it may cause frustration and dismay with yourself as you cannot get the sound you're after.
Probably, music making is unique to that extent that more time does not buy you quality. Even if you have all day each day it won't make your productions better or more elaborate. The simple trick is to stop and rest. Then carry on and rest again. I know it's hard. Music making can be emotional making you to work on your track day and night.
You can have the arrangement or the idea laid out in a day but you sure need more than that to mix it. To mix it that i sounds great. See the quote from audiotuts.
Tip 1: Rest Your Ears
If you’re mixing for a long amount of time you may be thinking your mix is going well when in reality it’s not. This can be a problem for people who refuse to stop until they are 100% happy with their results. I do this sometimes myself.
But your ears will eventually begin to get tired and you start hearing things that aren’t really there. That awesome guitar you’ve spent hours mixing will end up sound like crap the next morning when you listen back to it.
Your ears can neglect certain frequencies when your ears get tired and you pay too much attention to specific frequency ranges you lose sight of the bigger picture.
Reason 5 and Blocks
Yesterday I first tried the brand new Reason 5! Started just by playing with it but ended up making a tune. Oh well that's the DAW's are designed for anyway. I haven't explored all the new features there except for Blocks.
Have to tell you Blocks is a really good stuff! Helps you focus on the specific parts of the arrangement. So for example, you want to work on your theme arrangement and nothing else. Create a block call it a theme and start building it. No other parts of the song will be in your line of sight. Of course, at any time you can switch to song mode, whereby you see your whole composition.
It really speeds up the process of arrangement. Fuels the idea as you can quickly build intros and themes, and bridges. Over the years I realized concentration is so crucial in music making so blocks is a way to help musicians focus on what their doing.
Official micro tutorial:
5 Sep 2010
kevkondro proposal
Proposal is my new track that I'm proposing you to listen. Made on reason 4. You are very much welcome to remix/remake it. I have provided mp3 download and production file below.
2 Sep 2010
Juno Gi or the gear i want to own
A keyboard workstation, multitrack recording, and BOSS effects, mobile at just over a grand.
* Battery-powered option.
* Built-in 8-track digital recorder (64 virtual tracks.
* Dedicated mix faders, rhythm machine track, and recording onto a standard SD card (up to 32 GB cards.
* Built-in USB audio and MIDI interface when you’re connected to a computer; SONAR LE bundled.
* Rear-panel XLR mic (thank you, Roland!), guitar, and line inputs.
* Built-in BOSS-GT guitar effects, vocal processing.
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