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As you can probably guess, music is a passion of mine. That said, I should probably clarify that to mean that writing and playing music is a passion...I'm not a "music buff" and I don't have an enormous record collection or anything like that. I will say that my tastes are pretty diverse, though. I don't have a single favorite genre or band.

I've been learning to play music since I was very young (I say "learning" because, well, there's always more to learn). However, in later years I started writing my own music and found that this was something I really enjoyed doing.

Most of the people who have listened to my work have encouraged me to do more with it. Not everyone likes every piece I write - but then tastes vary and I like to write in a number of different styles. However, many of them have said "hey you should write music for TV" or "did you ever try selling any of this stuff?".

Well, no - not really. I can't really imagine my music really being worth a great deal commercially. However, if I can raise any money from it, it's worth a try...and I made a promise to myself that every penny of the profits made would go entirely to my two children.

Equipment

Guitars	Keyboards	Amplification	Technology
Cuenca classical guitar BC Rich Warlock Tokai Strat Yamaha RGX bass Ernie Ball strings (elec.) Martin strings (classical)	Ensoniq EPS Casio Celviano	Marshall 4x12 100w (tranny) Marshall 2x12 100w (valve) Carlsbro 4x10 300w bass "Demon" 2x10 50w (valve)	Yamaha AW16G workstation Boss f/x pedals (assorted) Harmony Assistant (s/w) Sony Acid Pro (s/w) Pianoteq (s/w) Garritan Personal Orchestra (s/w)

News

February 2008

I picked up a copy of Sony Acid Pro 6.0 while in the US on business. Why? Well, I was curious to see what it could do. It's a combination of loop editor (where you arrange pre-recorded loops and samples to create a "song") and midi editor, where you can put sequences together via a midi controller or similar. This is completely different from notation based composition tools like Finale, Sibelius or Harmony Assistant. First impressions are that it makes nice sounds but piecing together someone elses pre-composed loops feels like cheating to me :)

The midi editing functionality is cool but, frankly, I find it much easier to do the same thing in musical notation. I'll play with it some more but I suspect it's a matter of personal preference.