Hi there,

In all fairness I have to admit that I have hardly touched my arranger boards over the last six months,which I guess explains partly why I have not been around here all that much. On top of that I have given up the "persuit of new arranger keyboards " being quite satisfied with my Korg PA800 and old Ketron X1.

By chance I got in touch with another home musician living 200 kilometres from where I live, being the proud owner of a Korg PA900. We hit upon the idea of trying to create songs together by swapping sound files via the net.

As I have been wanting to get back to grassroots I first recorded a song with acoustic guitar and vocals. Then the process of swapping and adding sounds such as bass guitar, strings, percussion , solo instruments etc. started.

Initially I also filmed my recordings hence the first few songs will have visual to so speak, but we aim at filling a complete CD by the end of this year.

The first two have been completed and here are the links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b8bebf0um4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3eP_RLK5mU


Enjoy !

regards,
John

John - NICE JOB!

John ... really nice work ... good use of harmony in "It's a Dream" ...
Thanks for introducing me to "The Last laugh" ...

That's how Astral Plane started, She is from Germany and he from England

Nice job John. Very nice.

Nice, John...well done, indeed.

Ian

Thanks to all of you for your uplifting comments. I feel inspired and grateful for the long distance collaboration with fellow musician Carlo.I have coined it M.M.A.T. ( not to be mixed up with L.A.T. ): Making Music Apart Together.
It is really great recording in this way, all the more so because one can do things at one's own leisure and still within the confines of your own room. I have also re-discovered the great pleasure of playing my acoustic guitar...

regards,
John

John I have done many long distance musical projects with musicians from all over the world. In today's high tech environment it all comes together so nicely as if you were together in one place..

If you ever want to try some 60's classics M.M.A.T
I'd be on-board keep it going!

Thanks Donny, I'll bear that in mind. As matters stand for the moment I am incredibly busy with this project together with my Dutch music buddy. But it would be great to join forces one day on a great tune from the sixties.
To be continued

regards,
John

Sounds good John.....looking forward to it.

Just added a new song that came about as a result of our internet collaboration. A one-hit wonder from the mid sixties which I recall had a great impact on me in those days. Bass and musette were done on the Korg PA800/900 and a special thanks to Carlo for his nice touch to the video.

regards,
John
http://youtu.be/l75COgxdCNw

Another nice job John....
does this song have a Title?
How was your arranger KB used in this projects process

Where Do You Go To My Lovely by Peter Sarstedt, about 1967 I think.

Nearly correct. 1969 to be precise.

Basic recording was guitar and vocals. Then Carlo added the bass which he plays on his PA900 and I added the musette in the background on my PA800 as well as another vocal track. As I had clean forgotten about the intro Carlo did this on his PA900.
So in actual fact you are hearing two different mussette sounds, not that you are bound to notice at first hearing.
The original video recording as with most of the songs that include visual with me , was done with my simple logitech webcam. The television set idea was Carlo's , don't ask me how he does it, I have not got a clue !

regards,
John

Beautifully done, John. I've always liked that tune. The accordion really suits it. Excellent production and clever use of the TV.

Was the mirror reflection in the background intentional?

Ian

Thanks Ian,

Nope the mirror has been there for ages and on the wall opposite are my two keyboards. Sitting on the keys of my two arranger keyboards not being an option you will have to do with seeing "all" of me so to speak......
I am glad you mention the production side. I have always done my own editing etc. but I must admit that my musical buddy Carlo adds yet another dimension to things like mixing down tracks etc.etc. I am looking forward to another string of songs that we hope to put together in this way.

regards
John


regards,
John

Hi,

Time to add two more songs to my youtube page. The first one is once again a collaboration with my friend Carlo ( at some distance). In addition to my vocals and guitar playing he has added a fine bassline and panflute on his PA900. And the lovely video not to be forgotten....

The second song was actually recorded in 2012 using my Yamaha PSR750. It was a unique get together of my stepdaugher and me for only 15 minutes to record two songs as we had never done anything prior to this. I think she did a great job and not being a piano player at all I made sure I had ample practice before trying my hand at it.....

Regards,
John

http://youtu.be/zFVUl54gqkI

http://youtu.be/gmbKMG5Nibw