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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">lemme guess, the guy with the hat is the keyboard player. 8)

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man, i thought for sure mr. hat dude was the keyboard player. usually the keyboard player (in the 80's) looked like he just got smuggled out of a chess convention.

as for the new picture, are you sure the photographer wasn't the one using acid?

all kidding aside roy, you seem like a cool guy who has had a fun ride so far. kudos, my friend!

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I know where you are coming from Vouts. The keyboard player I jam with has a hat too. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Mark

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I tell you, those old Jaguar pictures are freaking embarrassing... [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

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I think we all have some of those Roy [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

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we could put together a new coffee table book
"THE WORST BAND PHOTOS EVER TAKEN"

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thats funny, a friend sent me a link to a page displaying hundreds of horrible band photos. it was pretty funny.

i also never realized how many bands shoot band photos in front of brick walls.

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This is a work in progress, definitely not finished, but interesting enough to post for now. I'm adding guitars now...

~Roy

(I deleted this mix since doing a better one a few post up from here... it's called 'Mandolin Summer')

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Sounding great Roy. Nice and clean.

What hardware are you using? I'm assuming there's a lot of midi/samples/loops going on in there.

I'm looking to get into that side of things myself soon. Any suggestions on lower priced gear to begin with?

Mark

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Mark,
The only Midi thing in it right now is the bass(Korg 01R/W sound module), which I'm not sold on yet. I'll probably mix a slap bass with a fretless to make one sound that I'm happy with on that.
But, for drums and percussion these days, I'm using samples I've collected, mostly one-hit samples played by real percussionists. I've become proficient at editing them quickly the way I would want a drummer to play it.
Then other than me on mandolin (such a magical little thing, isn't it?), what's chugging along in the background that SOUNDS like a keyboard, are really samples I've created with my Strat. I'm proud of them, because they sound good even stand-alone. So, used wisely in the background, they can really enhance a piece.
If you decide to explore using the one-hit percussion samples (kick, snare, hats, cyms, rides, etc.), I'll be glad to send you some of the best I've found.
I think this song is GONNA be good, but I'm not there yet.

~Roy