Thursday 29 June 2017

Review coming soon...


No updates recently but I'm working on a review of my acoustic guitar - coming soon.

Tuesday 13 June 2017

Wanted Man (Live)

This is my version of the Johnny Cash song 'Wanted Man', recorded live in Halesowen at Ubiquitous Open Mic.
It is a good song to play at open mics because people can sing along and it's easy to play because it's the same pattern of chords.

https://soundcloud.com/samsswingnskank/wanted-man-live



Saturday 10 June 2017

Johnny Cash - Wanted Man

This week's quiz question for my favourite sweet shop lady was, what were the names of the three women who wanted Johnny Cash in his great song, 'Wanted Man'?
If you don't know, have a listen to Johnny singing live at San Quentin, key Eb major.
Be careful; there are more than 3 women mentioned in the song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kHiuxn0FhI

Friday 2 June 2017

Synthesizer, SamSynth V3 Demo


This is a short demo of Version 3 of the Samsynth synthesizer.

There is a percussive backing of the blowhole and strings sounds from my Drumulele.

I'm using the Keyboard Machine to play a E & D dominant 7 power chord on the final beat that echoes in to the next bar with the delay & feedback.

The *NEW* Melody Machine plays a riff based on 'The Munsters' theme tune.

Finally I am playing the Mouse Machine freeform which gives a contrast to the fixed beats of the other machines.

What to you think of it?

https://youtu.be/lcNcrFBdXWw






Ma Rainey

This week's quiz question for my favourite sweet shop lady was, "Who was the inspiration for generations of female blues and jazz singers?"

She got the answer right - Ma Rainey - 'the Mother of the Blues'.

Here she is with the Jelly Bean Blues. Shame the recording quality wasn't very good back then but you can still hear her great voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLsaaaDg2Ns

Thursday 1 June 2017

Synthesizer, SamSynth V2 Keyboard Machine

Version 2 of my synthesizer has 3 machines and a colour-coded interface.
This is the Keyboard Machine.
I created the synthesizer myself using Javascript, HTML, and web API.
It uses a mix of real and oscillator sounds.

https://youtu.be/Tj26PkQuYP4