I recently got a chance to jam with a Korg MS2000B. Released in 2003, the Korg MS2000B is “a new version of the original Korg MS-2000 synthesizer with an updated sound set, black metallic color scheme and dedicated vocoder mic.”1. The original Korg MS-2000 uses virtual analog subtractive synthesis, has 2 ADSR attenuators, 1 resonant [...]
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Favorite (Goa Trance Track): “Mai Mai” by Jaia (Jaïa)
“Mai Mai” by Jaia (Jaïa) from their album Blue Energy (1998; Cross Records) is another one of my favorite goa trance tracks. It’s hard to get your hands on — as far as I’m aware there’s no place where one can purchase a legal high-quality down-loadable copy of the track. Blue Energy was re-released in [...]
Favorite: “Something Good” by Utah Saints
Today, I’ve been listening to the original release of “Something Good” by Utah Saints (Jez Willis Tim Garbutt) – a personal favorite of mine from the early 1990s. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about the track: ‘”Something Good” is a house music song released by Utah Saints in 1992. It was first included as [...]
EarPractice.com Lesson 3: Intervals – Tritone and Major 3rd (Musical Ear Training)
EarPractice.com was created by Geoff Peters and myself with the goal of helping “you become a better music listener and musician by presenting a series of informative and fun ear training videos.”1 In our third offering, Geoff talks about intervals, in particular, how to play a tritone (aka Diminished 5th or Augmented 4th) and the [...]
Amazing New York Street Performance Percussionist and Drummer
The YouTube video below is of an amazing drummer & street performer based in New York, NY: There are other videos on YouTube showcasing this performer. But there’s a disturbing trend in many of these videos (not the least to say the comments) — I didn’t find a single video that mentioned what the drummer’s [...]
