Click on the song titles to the right, below the little player, to hear some samples of my work. A thorough listen should convince you that I have no particular attachment to any musical genre.
All of these songs and loops were performed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by me, except for a lyrical and beatboxing performance by the inimitable Tanya Davis and a sampled drum loop in "folk-up".
goals
I am interested in providing background music for films, television, and emerging markets such as video games and ringtones.
I also want to meet singers and rhymers, especially socially conscious and/or conspicuously articulate ones, in need of beats.
biography
The story starts in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the Royal Conservatory, where I attained Honours in Grade VIII classical Piano and got my Music Theory II certificate in 1986. During that time I also worked as a sales representative for Yamaha Music Canada Ltd. I then postponed university for a year to study studio recording techniques at SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology).
Later, at the U of C, I was an alternative DJ for CJSW 90.9 FM, the campus radio station, until 1991. I also sang (believe it or not) and played guitar and banjo for a folk-rock band "The Commoners" in Calgary around that time. I don't play the banjo anymore, but my self-taught guitar and mandolin skills continue to fester.
The scene changes to coastal rural British Columbia, where I hope to grow old and die. During what we'll call the stoned tent-dwelling period, there was a lot of twiddling of stringed instruments and a lot of drum circles.
An inevitable move back into the city, this time Vancouver, saw me rack up a bit more experience as a DJ, this time playing tech house at various parties and after-hours clubs in Vancouver. I also played keyboards for "VBC" (a hiphop collective) and the "One Love Reggae Band" and had a few collaborations, which were more enjoyable than productive, until 2003, when I moved to Seoul.
And here I am. Recently, the emphasis has been on dusting off the ol' piano skills and refining production and mixing techniques. It's gotten to the point where I hate sitting in coffee shops with bad acoustics.
Anyways, I cranked out all of the examples on this page, except for the last two, in 2006 and 2007. Happy listening!
gear list
hardware synths and samplers
Macbeth M3X Analog Synthesizer
Yamaha Digital Piano P-120
Electrix Repeater looping sampler
Roland MC-909 Groovebox
M-Audio Microtrack
outboard FX
Drawmer 1968 Tube Compressor
FMR RNC x2
the macbook (home games)
RME Fireface 800
Mackie Control
m-audio USB 4x4 midisport
Edirol PCR-1
logic studio 8 (yeah baby!)
Cubase SL3
Garritan Personal Orchestra
Reaper
HarBal Standalone Mastering Application
the macbook (away games)
Tascam US-122
m-audio USB 2x2 midisport
Mackie 1402VLZ
guitars etc
MD electric (Korean-made, coil tap switch, versatile, nice!)
epiphone Les Paul electric
Cort Earth 200 Solid-Top Acoustic
Vester Acoustic/Electric Bass
Samick Artist Series Bass
Samick Acoustic
Classical
Mandolin
mics etc
Rode NT2-a
Groove Tubes Convertible x2
Shure SM57 and 58 (duh)
dj gear
Allen & Heath Xone:62 mixer
Pioneer CDJ 1000
Technics 1200MKII x 2
monitoring
Presonus Central Station
Klein and Hummel O110 x 2
Tannoy Reveal Actives & Sub
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Later, at the U of C, I was an alternative DJ for CJSW 90.9 FM, the campus radio station, until 1991. I also sang (believe it or not) and played guitar and banjo for a folk-rock band "The Commoners" in Calgary around that time. I don't play the banjo anymore, but my self-taught guitar and mandolin skills continue to fester.