Perfect (2)
Mar.31, 2011
Well it took me long enough, but my new track Perfect is now up on Bandcamp. I talked about it a month ago. The lyric writing was hard as usual and I’m still not satisfied. Not with the singing either. But I guess that’s where the title of the song comes in as a bit of irony. It’s never perfect.
Also, B-sting.com will be a year old tomorrow, so I guess this is a way to celebrate it. No really, it launched on April 1st. Just like Gmail did years ago. It keeps people guessing whether you’re serious and that’s just the way I like it.
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April 4th, 2011 at 03:51
Hi Bas, good job with this song! Do you or D play keys? The piano is nifty.
btw one question: why does the can next to your “Buy me a drink” section on the right side look familiar?
April 4th, 2011 at 07:01
I played the keys myself. :D Or programmed them to be more precise.
The can might look familiar cause it’s a real can:
April 4th, 2011 at 22:18
I should have put a winky face ;-) since I knew that’s what it was. btw I am interested in delving into computer-based music creation and have been considering a midi controller, (the keyboard that doesn’t play sounds but controls sounds on a computer music program). As a rank beginner who thinks he’s serious about learning to play and learning to compose, do you have any recommendations/advice on what controllers to look at?
I’ve looked at this which looks interesting but perhaps too complex for me, and simpler ones, but I don’t want to go too simple and be crippled by something that is barely useful for music.
(and if it matters, right now what I have is Garage Band on my iMac)
April 4th, 2011 at 23:26
I still haven’t played with GarageBand (cause I don’t have a Mac ;D), but I use just a simple Akai LPK25 to program everything. It really depends if you’re used to a big piano where you want to use the full keyboard range all at once, then most people will find that too limiting. For me a tiny keyboard is enough. The LPK25 is touch sensitive. I know I looked at the Korg Nanokey too, it’s in the same small, simple compact midi-controller market.
The MPK25 seems a bit overkill. The thing is that indeed the controllers and drumpads the MPK25 can come in handy … if you actually plan on using them. The drumpads basically work the same as on my MPC-sampler, minus the actual sampler (your computer is the sampler). You can use a regular keyboard to drumloops as well, it just may feel a bit odd to do it like that.
Remember, they’re just controllers, not the instruments themselves. So get a controller you think you will need to do what you want to do. If that’s playing chords, get one with keys. If you want to make beats, get a pad-controller. If you want to do both and really don’t like making drumloops on a keyboard, well then get something like the MPK25. ;)
April 4th, 2011 at 23:49
Straightforward advice, much appreciated…thanks!