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Posts from the ‘audio’ Category

come in

“So I fired up the iPad…Refreshing myself on the picking pattern was like crawling inside the attic and finding boxes of old photos from high school.

Weird and embarrassing and fun — all at the same time.”

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Strumming on the ol’ banjo…

Banjo.

It’s happening.

I opened up this banjo, tuned it, and recorded a little sample with my iPad. I don’t know many chords yet, so I picked something simple in honor of olde tyme church….

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sorry, delilah

I picked up this ukulele in Venice about two weeks ago. My roommate was so thrilled that he asked me to always play on the balcony with the door closed, “so my music could enhance the beautiful surroundings.”

Now, I’m using all four glorious strings to ruin favorite songs. Like this one by Plain White T’s. Read more

slurpy samples

One of the things I love about GarageBand for iPad is the ability to record and mix samples. It’s like found art for your ears.

This impromptu audio doodle at Starbucks features some found sound. Can you name that audio?

What exactly can be done with such music…? Read more

what a friend

Sitting around on a Sunday afternoon. Thinking about how things are, how things used to be, and how things should be.

And making lo-fi recordings with my phone.

the dot deluxe

The ice and snow finally melted and my (very) belated Christmas present has finally arrived!

It’s semi-hollow body dot deluxe. Vintage all the way. Take a listen…

Garageband Christmas

After writing six papers this week, I needed some music therapy. And Sarah’s been complaining that I never use the keyboard she gave me last Christmas. So, here you go, love! Your favorite Christmas song, homemade in Garageband with plenty of keyboard….for some spontaneous holiday cheer.

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