They don’t teach you this stuff in music school.  You learn it “on the playground,” so to speak.    Someone you know shows you a few chords, and teaches you the wicked A -> Amaj7 to A7 chromatic dropdown that is the secret to a half dozen George Harrison songs.  Or you’re rocking away in E and […]

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Scattered around my audio production drives, I have hundreds, perhaps thousands of free soundfonts, acquired in an addictive frenzy from 2003-2006.    Eventually I stopped looking for new soundfonts, because I had invested in better commercial libraries.
A few soundfonts, however, have stood the test of time…. these are ones I return to for one reason or another.    
FARFISA ORGAN
This is an electric organ… a cheap, […]

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Another 7 years.  It’s hard for me to believe…  I saw 41 Up! the year it was released (1998), and it seems like only yesterday.  I can’t imagine what it must feel like to the dozen or so individuals featured in the films.

If you’re wondering what I’m talking about, here’s a primer.  Director Michael Apted began […]

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