Tuesday 24 April 2012

New Stuff!

Been working hard on new material.  I'm currently working on a pretty heavy guitar-drum oriented prog song, with (I'm sure) a lot of synth elements once the framework has been laid.  Drums and scratch guitars are done, did some Chapman Stick too which is always fun.

Thanks for watching!

Saturday 21 April 2012

DEVINE Jam!

Just got the new DEVINE expansion pack for the Animoog! Was inspired by the cool new sounds, layed down a song, written as I went along exploring the sounds. Thanks Richard Devine and Moog - great sounds!





Thursday 19 April 2012

A little JAZZ THEORY!

Short lesson with some advanced jazz theory. Upper structure harmonies is a concept I learnt from Dr. Kurt Ellenberger. The idea is that you can create complex jazz chords by thinking about simple triads played over basic chords. Once this concept is mastered, you just need to transpose for other chords.

Older Moog Videos

Here's a link to some of my older stuff:

Animoog Mixed with Moog Little Phatty explorations

Animoog B.A.S.E (Biomimetically Augmented Synthesis Expansion) pack jams

New Blog!

Hey everyone, decided to have a centralized web presence to go along with the other smatterings of visibility I have on the internet.

This blog will be all about MUSIC, and the love I have for it in every facet - writing, recording, performing, jamming, exploring...  I will also hopefully have some reviews and thoughts about my favourite gear and some helpful lesson tips via my youtube channel:

www.youtube.com/jimmclaren1

Here are links to some of my latest works on my youtube channel

My first video song, RAKTATAK!

My second video song, PRELUDE AND FUGUE in J


And lastly, my late-night jam from last night.  Connected a bunch of my analog gear together and improv'd away for the better part of an hour.  Here's a clip of the first couple of minutes.



Thanks,
Jim