TXT:: I managed to venture out to a SF Bay Area hip hop show last night. My friends at Paraphan Records had a record release party at Kimo’s in SF. It was nice turn out with four live acts lined up who have tracks featured on the debut compliation release, Electric Halo. Pictured is the […]

TXT:: Had another one of those dire emergency days today. Around noontime, I heard the fire alarms ring out, and I went out to see what the excitement was all about, and saw a smoke bellowing from our property down the hill. A grass fire ignited along the freeway and the flames were working their […]

Reason Studies:: Yesterday. I dropped by to check out Gus Lanzas’ Advanced Reason class held at Robotspeak in SF. There were only a handful of people who attended so the class was pretty mellow. Gus also offers classes in Ableton Live, Logic, Pro Tools, as well as beginner Reason courses. Having been around the business […]

Power Tools for Reason:: The book is now available from Propellerhead Software’s webstore. Those who purchase a copy of Reason directly from the company shop will have the option of getting a copy of the book for free as well. However, if you’re completely new to Reason, I highly recommend choosing Reason 2.5 Ignite, and […]

Reason:: The New Electro Mechanical Refill from Propellerhead Software is out. This is a sweet selection of Rhodes EPs, Wurly EPs, Clavinet, and Hammond Samples. The samples are fantastic. The 11 velocity layer Rhodes Mark I is really outstanding. It’s a free download for registered Reason 2.5 users at the Prop’s Website.
ReFill:: The first of […]

TXT:: Last Tuesday, I went over to 111 Minna St. Gallery in SF to check out Techture’s Laptop Performance with Reason. I dropped by a month ago to check things out, but I had to leave early and missed the show. The extended happy hour lounge performances occur every 2nd Tuesday, so I promised to […]

(another one of those weeks). It started off with my 12 year old cat passing on. He was in bad shape and ended up passing away in the night. It’s funny because I go to a lot of human funerals and do not grieve much, but I really mourned the loss of this cat. Anyhoo… […]