Indra’s Net Rehearsal Notes #5 = Awesome Alesis Andromeda A6 Analog Synth
Posted by: andrew in Rehearsal Notes
Rehearsal Notes, Comments, and Insights from the end of August/beginning of September:
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
–Andrew is in Seattle at Tom Kenyon’s Sound Healing Intensive Training
–calling in to Daniel in New York
–here’s the big news . . .
WE OWN THE A6!!
–we were looking at it Sunday night on eBay
–Daniel just went ahead and did the Buy It Now
–supposed to be in perfect condition
–ALL ANALOG = IT’S ONE OF THE LAST PIECES OF GEAR WE NEED
–road case, RAM card, CD-ROM disc
–SUPER BOO-FUCKIN’ WAH!!!!!!!!!
–CAN’T WAIT TO GET HOME AND HAVE SOME FUN!!
Sunday, September 9, 2007
ALESIS and SUPER FUN DAY.
Playing music is supposed to be just that, play.
One can’t just work all the time composing, arranging, and recording.
Sometimes you just have to take the day, listen to some great music,
play around with your equipment, and have some freakin’ fun!
That’s what we did on Sunday, September 9th.
We totally had fun.
Discussions:
–EQ Magazine, Porcupine Tree, and Rush.
–Vocals on “SSVW”?
–Are we going to have any vocals at all on this album?
Instruments and Gear:
We got out, plugged in, hooked up, and had HOURS of fun with our new
Alesis Andromeda A6 All-Analog Synth
That was just way too much fun.
We kept trying to get serious and get some work done, but we were just having so much fun,
it was impossible.
Daniel was also his usual “peeling” self, playing his
“Wine Red” Gibson Les Paul Classic = nice, long, sustained tones,
playing through his Vox Valvetronix Tonelab tabletop Guitar Amp modeling box thing.
We also had fun playing with and experimenting with
Cakewalk Sonar 6 Producer Edtion’s Session Drummer 2 Virtual Instrument.
Listening:
UK = the album/CD “Danger Money” = these guys are awesome!
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer = “Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970″ = only the second time these guys had ever played together in public = unbelievable
Steve Hackett = “Spectral Mornings” = amazing, beautiful, and great
Listening to other music is always educational and motivational.
Our intention is to produce music that is inspiring and uplifting.
We’ll get back to work next rehearsal.
We both really needed to relax and have some fun today.
Thank you.
Dr. Andrew Colyer and “English Gentleman” Daniel Aggers
Indra’s Net
“Progressive Classical Music for Progressive Rock Fans”
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