Obama Song

One of my customers approached me about setting up a MySpace page for a song himself and his producer did together. The MySpace page is: www.myspace.com/rayraypattersonsobamasong and you can see more pictures and information about “CONSTANT.”

The song has a great message and I am sure that most can relate right now. Ray Ray Patterson also has another myspace page with more music as well: www.myspace.com/rrpatterson. Please take the time and listen to this great message and support Ray Ray Patterson. Honestly, one of the nicest, most humble people I have ever met and is a pleasure to work with!

Description: Ray Ray Patterson (multi-talented vocalist) and collaborator / producer / composer extraordinaire, Bruce “Automatic” Vanderveer with a vision representing a statement of our times and of Obama and how he is here to help make things right. CONSTANT speaks of what we have been experiencing as a nation and its people and the message was a catalyst to Barack Obama being in the White House. Here’s to you President Obama – You are CONSTANT!

More info: Click Here

graphic design by: www.darksideproductionz.com

Saturation Fest (HMS Studios)

I got an opportunity to go to Riverside this last weekend (October 11, 2008) and helped support one of my friends (Swift Dixshun) in a beat battle at HMS Studios. While I was there I got to check out the studio and meet the people that run it. HMS Studios is a great place to expose yourself to new music and do some networking.

Anyway, this coming weekend HMS and The Pharaohs Den present Saturation Fest where you can come by and hear some great music. Here is some information about the event:

Who: Swift Dixshun & Mando Tha DJ, DJ D-Styles, The DoGooders, Luminous Mirrors, Griefshare, Intheni + the “Ghetto. D” guest Selektas in the Ring
What: Saturation Fest
Where: The Pharaohs Den & HMS Studios
When: Saturday, October 18, 2008

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Additional Information

• Doors Open at 8:00pm
• $10.00 all ages event
• Downtown Riverside Califas, Aztlan

More about HMS Studios and Pharoahs Den

• Pharoahs Den on MySpace
• HMS Recordings

Step Sequencer with Sonar 7

This is a brief description on how to use the step sequencer and Sonar 7 Producer Edition. I took some screenshots and gave you a step-by-step breakdown on how to use the step sequencer. I also provide a video at the end of this description see you can physically see what I’m doing. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me or post a comment and I will get back to you. I’ll also be putting more videos and tutorials up shortly. I hope you find this post useful and come to find that step sequencer is a very powerful tool at your fingertips!

1. Click insert

2. Select Soft Synth

3. Select Session Drummer

4. Load Synth Rack to access Session Drummer Module

5. Select a program / drum kit

6. View Step Sequencer

7. Step Sequencer Window Loads

8. Program a Pattern

9. Pattern in track view is stretchable to any length

View Video: Click Here (allow time for video to load)

Dragon Naturally Speaking

• Dragon NaturallySpeaking Demo

The above link is a demo of me using Dragon NaturallySpeaking software. If you are interested to see how the software works click the link above and if you like what you see you can purchase the software from www.nuance.com

I hope you like what you see, enjoy!

The Lab

This is where it all goes down for me. I have changed this up a bit since this photo, I guess I will take some new ones and post them up to share with you all. Here is a list of some of the software and hard ware I use:

Software

• Sonar 7.2 Producer Edition
• Adobe Audition 2.0
• iZotope Ozone
• Waves Platinum Bundle

Hardware

• Yamaha Motif ES6
• Akai MPC1000
• Yamaha 01X
• Studio Projects C1 Condenser Mic
• RNC Compressor
• Yamaha Electric Acoustic Guitar

More at my web site: www.darksideproductionz.com

DJ’ ing A Wedding

Photo Shot 1 This is a wedding I DJ’ ed at the end of last year for one of my good friends parents! I was really nervous before I did the gig because it was the first gig I have done in about two years but it went really well and they were very happy with the out come. Congratulations Joan and Dave, thanks for letting me DJ.

Photo Shot 2 This is just another camera angle taken by the photographer! as you can see from the laptop monitor I am using Serato Scratch LIVE. I was actually more prepared then I thought, I had about 120GB of oldies. I got the dance floor doing with some Michael Jackson.