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How would you categorise your musical output?

Dont know much about making Music but I appreciate good Music.

What are your favourite pieces of studio hardware?

Piano, guitar and the drums

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At 3:23am on December 29, 2007, Laman E Richards said…: Hi Soila, Just stopping by to share some luv, Hope everythings going fine on your side.
Drop by sometime when you get time
Luv
Laman(olujade)

At 2:15pm on December 21, 2007, Falone said…: I'm sorry Soila, I don't log in much! But it's nice to see you back at the blog. Which reminds me, I need to leave a comment for Brett... :o)

At 1:52pm on December 15, 2007, Laman E Richards said…: Just checking in, how you doin. I'm not sure but do you make music? If so when can I hear some? Hope soon
luv
Laman

At 3:59pm on December 9, 2007, max derelict said…: that is 100% correct. I have a recording of her singing gospel in Shona. Incredible. Not mine to put up though. We have a lot of African music but it doesn't get a great reception overseas (except from BW such as yourself!). What you hear was produced at home and in a corrugated iron outbuilding, not in the studio, except Zimba's track. But we cannot run studio full-time, more has been spent than made. Lack of commercial success: there is little money to be made in music, if you think quality and originality are respected, they are not, which is why people copy US music and each other endlessly. Lucky Dube's market was overseas, not at home. After he was killed THEN we heard his music on the radio. I am doing more R n B and gospel because that is what the people want. At least it is good quality. I got diverted today, don't know when I can mix it, u may hear it only next weekend

At 11:59am on December 9, 2007, Laman E Richards said…: Thank u Soila,
I try hard to produce good beats now I'll have to see if I can get them place.

Again thanks

Laman

At 2:29pm on December 8, 2007, max derelict said…: Excuse the tales of woe! Some full-scale R n B vocal productions up soon i hope, and a gospel track. I'm doing the guitars and mixing on it now. BTW the music ranges from all played from scratch on keyboard, bass and guitar to all loops (eg Underpass, Autogroove). The instruments other than guitar and fender bass are VSTi freeware and sampled instruments (eg strings) off mag cover disks and the net. There are hundreds if not thousands of good instruments and processors available as VST freeware, there are even freeware/indefinite shareware sequencers now (eg Reaper, Samplitude 9SE on CM recently, plusAudacity wave editor) but I have used Cubase (4.1 now ) for nearly 3 years now. Not cheap, none of the commercial programs are, but you can get started with nothing more than a MIDI keyboard and computer. See my list of freeware "soft machines" on this site's forum. They sound just as good as commercial software in my opinion. One thing, sometimes what sounds like a sine-wave lead synthesizer (70s funk groups like EWF and Isley Bros used similar sounds) or the bass on "Lazy" is actually a guitar thru a VST soft machine by Fretted Synth, then thru' Bionic Delay (eg Solar Drifting, Gruesome, Nonkululeko)

At 2:05pm on December 8, 2007, Laman E Richards said…: No Prob, do u play an instrument?

At 5:11am on December 7, 2007, Laman E Richards said…: Welcome and I hope you enjoy your stay here,
Laman

At 5:35pm on December 5, 2007, max derelict said…: Thank u Soila. All of them? You liked Dali's Clocks too? That is a compliment. Tinashe sings on Left Behind (her song, still needs proper r n b backing), Izapholo and Vuthuza Moya are played and sung by Bongani Kujah, who also arranged and played Zimba's Indoda. I played and produced everything else (instrumentals), except Zimba's track, which is produced by Eric Soni. Thanks again for listening, there is a beautiful maskandi-based anti-HIV song by Gugu arr and produced by BK I hope to put up, she is touring Europe and I need her permission first. Everything should be on myspace under max derelict or african funk machine by weekend. PS I wasn't trying to discourage you from visiting Jozi in 2010, on the contrary, just warning u to be triple-careful

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