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I have a buddy who is a heavy metal fan so I made this for him. I think other heavy metal fans will also like it.
After five years away, suddenly two in one day must have people wondering WTH? But being back in Korea has inspired me and the creativity is flowing once more. Cheers!
There is a holiday in Korea called Chuseok which is beginning today, so I made a little techno jam for the event. Enjoy!
Just like the name says, this is the original Electric House with a grand piano thrown in to make it sick! Enjoy!
Here is the Hard Seoul House with only the bass section for people to remix and use.
Enjoy!
Some more house music created with GarageBand on the iPad. This one focuses on the electric instruments for bass and for the piano. Enjoy!
Used GarageBand on the iPad to create this one. The iPad app is amazing and I highly recommend it to everyone. Enjoy!
Here it is! The final product of our playing with the Biblical readings from our friend. This is the fifth song from the CD -- The Wickedness Correction. Our band is called Processor Speed and the Golden RAM and the album title is officially -- Processor Speed and the Golden RAM present the Electric Prophet. We have five songs on the list and I will be releasing them over the next week. This also lead to an entire new genre of music -- Jesazz. Enjoy!
Here it is! The final product of our playing with the Biblical readings from our friend. This is the fourth song on the CD -- The Lion Came Out of the Thicket. Our band is called Processor Speed and the Golden RAM and the album title is officially -- Processor Speed and the Golden RAM present the Electric Prophet. We have five songs on the list and I will be releasing them over the next week. This also lead to an entire new genre of music -- Jesazz. Enjoy!
Here it is! The final product of our playing with the Biblical readings from our friend. This is the third song on the CD -- The Destroyer of Nations. Our band is called Processor Speed and the Golden RAM and the album title is officially -- Processor Speed and the Golden RAM present the Electric Prophet. We have five songs on the list and I will be releasing them over the next week. This also lead to an entire new genre of music -- Jesazz. Enjoy!
Here it is! The final product of our playing with the Biblical readings from our friend. This is the second tune off the CD -- Jeremiah. Our band is called Processor Speed and the Golden RAM and the album title is officially -- Processor Speed and the Golden RAM present the Electric Prophet. We have five songs on the list and I will be releasing them over the next week. This also lead to an entire new genre of music -- Jesazz. Enjoy!
Here it is! The final product of our playing with the Biblical readings from our friend. Our band is called Processor Speed and the Golden RAM and the album title is officially -- Processor Speed and the Golden RAM present the Electric Prophet. We have five songs on the list and I will be releasing them over the next week. This also lead to an entire new genre of music -- Jesazz. Enjoy!
I used GarageBand for the iPad to pile a load of bass guitars on this track. The four different Smart Bass guitars can be heard on this song. Enjoy!
This version of Sunday Morning completes the trilogy and this one has a flute thrown in during the turn around section of the song. Enjoy!
Another version of the iPad GarageBand song I made last post, but this one is stripped down to only the drums, clav, and bass guitar. Enjoy!
Title says it all. I was up late and started playing with GarageBand on the iPad and created this little tune. Enjoy!
This is my second song in this series. As I wrote last post, this all started when our Orchestra teacher asked for some help with a personal project. We helped him convert a large number of single audio files into only four, but in the process listened to what the recordings were -- it was simply him reading passages from the Old Testament. We started bouncing ideas around the room and The Electric Prophet was born. This is officially my second song for the CD Speed Processor and the Golden RAM Introduce the Electric Prophet. We are releasing the CD as part of a music exchange in our school. I will post the CD cover and the entire collection of songs when the entire project is finished. This song is short, but creepy as all get out.
Enjoy!
The guys in the Ed Tech office decided to make a little challenge for ourselves. We heard some records of a faculty member reading Bible passages from the Old Testament and about died laughing at it... And from the laughter a musical vision was formed -- we decided to mix his voice with our own music. Here is my version for your enjoyment.
I recorded an announcement at the Munich train station. I have no idea what the guy is saying; I'm sure it is something about a train from somewhere is arriving or a train to somewhere is departing. Anyway, I decided to put the thing to music.
Enjoy!
Found this song I started a long time ago in my old data files and gave it a listen... Then I decided it was actually ready to go. Enjoy!
This one rocks even more than the first long Latin jam. More pianos and guitars over the rhythm section. Enjoy!
This is an extra extended jam from one of the evenings in the village. The peace of the place infected the work. Enjoy!
Second in the funk trilogy that came out of my nights of fish, raki, and love in Boz Koy. Once the house is built in the village, there will be thousands of jam sessions from that place. Enjoy!
Another in the series of musical explorations that came out of my days in Boz Koy, Karaburun, Turkey. The village is so peaceful and quiet, you can hear yourself think and the music flows to you in dreams. Enjoy!
During the second night in Boz Koy we got into some Reggae jamming and here is the first in that series. Enjoy!
We went to Boz Koy, Karaburun, Turkey for part of our summer holiday and several jam sessions came out of the trip. This is the first in the Boz Koy Jams. Enjoy!
Short tutorial about using Magic GarageBand to make music in one minute or less. Enjoy!
This is a jazz tune that I composed and performed "live" with GarageBand. It was a long time since the last tune was released, so this is an attempt to get back in the groove. Enjoy!
This time in GarageBand I played with ducking to make tracks lead or be in the background. I used some of the World Jam Pack for the Africa and Latin drums and bass. Enjoy!
Karaburun is a small village near Izmir, Turkey. We own a small piece of land there and hope to build a house in the future. This song is about that place.
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A recent trip to Singapore spawned this tune. It carries the ethnic flavors of the city state with in. Enjoy!
Raki is a hard alcohol drank in Turkey and Izmir is the best city in the world. Put them together and you have an unstoppable force.
Enjoy!
The third in the Dream Team Theme series. Each one has its own unique taste, but which do you prefer?
Enjoy!
This is the second version of the Dream Team Theme. Please refer to the previous episode for the background story on this series of four songs.
Enjoy!
A friend (@intrepidteacher) referred to the Korea International School Tech Team as the Dream Team once in a blog post. Later @stevekatz (member of the team) came up with an idea for a promo video for the tech team, but he needed some theme music for the video. I came up with four versions and this is number 1.
Enjoy!
p.s. I'm @tsbray on Twitter.
We had a Spanish festival at our school the other day that included a professional Tango show. The music inspired me! I took the tango piano in GarageBand and put a beat-box bass to it. Enjoy!
The title explains the tune perfectly. I used the World Music jam pack to mix African drums with Brazilian guitars. Enjoy!
This song was a remix of a previous song that was popular and I added some new loops from the Remix and Rhythm Section Jam Packs. Enjoy!
I experimented with the Apple Jam Pack: Rhythm Section & Remix Tools to come up with this tune. Enjoy!
Some reggae rhythm with a Japanese instrument thrown in over the top. Sounds eerie and mellow. Enjoy!
I blended the music of several cultures to end up with this one -- Chinese, Jamaican, Egyptian, and Indian. Enjoy!
I've been playing around with Reggae music and different ethnic music from various cultures. This on focuses on Turkish music with normal Reggae. Enjoy!
Usually I don't play with country music, but last summer my Grandma died and it reminded me of my roots, so in honor of my Grandpa & Grandma, who are both now gone, here is a country tune with some rockabilly vibes. Enjoy!
I went simple on this one, only two instruments, but the bongo is so darn cool it more than makes up for the limited number of elements. Enjoy!
It has been a while since the last post and life is just a little crazy these days, but I threw together a little rock number with a mandolin and a slide guitar for an usual sound. Enjoy!
Playing with the new Jam Packs I received. This one features a trance/techno beat with a pan flute, piano, and tango style guitar. Weird, but I think it worked.
New funk tune! The job is really cutting in to my creative time, but I hope to get some more new tunes up during the vacation. Enjoy the funk!
It has been difficult to upload lately due to job problems, but I promise the tunes will become more regular now. Thanks for your support and here is a techno tune. Enjoy!
I'm back! It was a long summer in Peru without my Mac, but now I'm back. Work was smoking for the first weeks of school, but I've finally had a chance to do some music. This is the first song with '09 GarageBand, so let me know what you think. Thanks for the support! Enjoy!
I used some clips of Malcolm's speeches to have a jam session with him. I hope Rush Limbaugh, the turd smoker, somehow ends up hearing this song and it causes his head to explode.
One of the first experiments with voices and reggae that I finally got around to posting up. Enjoy!
Here is a drum circle inspired by the good old fashioned drum circles that used to exist outside of Grateful Dead and Phish concerts. Enjoy!
Odd vocals in the background and odd sounding piano and organ effects played over a driving beat.
Miles Davis started Dobop Jazz (the combination of Jazz, Rap, and Hip Hop) just before his death; in that tradition, I made Beatbox Jazz. It includes a beatbox rhythm section with traditional Jazz instruments. Enjoy!
A little jazz tune I threw together with help of the new Jam Pack. I'm really feeling inspired with the new tools -- thanks Roberto and Apple.
Second tune to come out of the new Jam Pack. This one features some vocals from a female and the hip hop guitar loops. Enjoy!
I finally got a copy of Jam Packs: Vocals, so this song is my first reggae tune with a singer. Enjoy!
More cross genre experiments, this one is a Latin rhythm section and a blues harmonica lead.
Poem I recently wrote. It was inspired by a movie I watched, or a book I read, or something.
This is story in the oral tradition about how I killed a deer with my bare hands in my home state of Montana.