Miles Davis, John Hamilton (Bondo), Lino Dayupay (Boom), Peanut Butter, Coffee, The Clash, Jaco Pastorius, King Crimson, Mouse on Mars, Scott Henderson & Tribal Tech, Japan, Weather Report, ELP, (Early) Genesis, Brand X, David Torn, Brian Eno, Bill Laswell, Weezer, Massive Attack, Can, Bill Bruford, Autechre, Charlie Parker, U2, David Sylvian, Twin, Terry Riley, Robert Fripp, Philip Glass, Thelonius Monk, Mike Stern, UZEB, Laurie Anderson, Adrian Belew, Mick Karn, Interpol, Chicago Underground Quartet, MMW, Charlie Mingus, The Strawbs, Johnny Cash, Peter Gabriel, Underworld, Orb, Steve Hackett, Return To Forever, Ian Thomas, Stereolab, Peter Hammill, Plaid, Naked City, David Bowie, Pan Sonic, Missippi John Hurt, John Zorn, John Abercrombie, John Scofield, Nine Inch Nails, The Postal Service, Porcupine Tree, The Flower Kings, Pat Mastelotto, The Beatles, John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, Dave Matthews Band, The Cure, Tosca, VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, Pink Floyd, Daft Punk, Wilco, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Tweaker, Tabla Beat Science, Cristian Vogel, Pole, Ratatat, Black Dog, Autechre, NIN, Tomita, Kraftwerk, Sigur Ros, Beck, Yes, Gentle Giant, Radiohead, Ry Cooder, Jon Hassel, Ravi Shankar, B.B. King, Wall of Voodoo, Isotope 217, Curtis Mayfield, Kate Bush, Aphex Twin, Focus, Tortoise, The Talking Heads, Little Feat, Dj Shadow, Nils Petter Molvaer, Wes Montgomery, Jimmie Hendrix, Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder, Thomas Fehlmann I could go on....
-=Books & Authors=- Herman Hess, Asimov, Philip José Farmer, Franz Kafka, Stanislaw Lem, Douglas Coupland, Robert A. Heinlein, Ben Bova, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick,
www.newmusiccanada.ca some other music of mine... some new, and some from
years back... when I wrote as "cardboard cat" with the invisible Chris Mazur.
PilferMusic
is the other Steve.
I am open to collaborations and would enjoy the addition of instrumentalists to play over some of my compositions... or work with me on creating songs. I'm
pretty booked up until late 2008... one more degree to get out of the way.
My studio continually appears in a state of flux,
though I wish it wasn't... I intend to build a room in this lifetime to house the evolving beast,
and I hope by then it's settled down a bit.
I run a hardware and software based system, and
cannot see myself ever dumping all the hardware for a just a laptop.
Tools
Aphex Systems Ltd - Aural Exciter Type C
Alesis
DM5 - 18 bit Drum module with 12 trigger to midi
converters,
Midiverb III
Nanocompressor
3630 Compressor Limiter with Gate
DEQ-230 Programmable Digital Stereo Graphic EQ
it's 2 channels of 24-bit A/D/A conversion, 28-bit internal processing, and a
48kHz sample rate.
Behringer
Ultrapatch Pro PX 2000 48 point patchbay (x2)
Ultrapatch Pro PX 3000 balanced 48 point patchbay
(x2)
Autocom Pro MDX 1400
compressor/limiter/expander/gate
V-amp PRO Virtual Amplification
BCF-2000 MIDI Controller
T1952 Tube Composer
T1953 Tube Ultragain
Boss
EH-50 Stereo Enhancer
LS2 Line Selector
CS-2 Compression Sustainer (two of these)
CE-3Chorus
MT-2 Metal Zone
FT-2 Dynamic Filter
SD-1Super Overdrive
OD-2RTurbo Overdrive
Clavia
Clavia nord G2 with expansion board - virtual
modular synthesizer
nord lead 2 rack Virtual Analogue
Digitech - S100 Studio Series multi-effects
processor
Ensoniqdp4+ Multi-Effects Processor with 4
independent 24-bit stereo processors, 4 Ins and 4 Outs, 400 presets and Dynamic
MIDI control
Electrix
the Electrix stuff is great for "real time" knobs and tweaking as it sends midi on all the buttons and knobs,
Filter Factory
MO-FX
Warp Factory
Electro-Harmonix
Big Muff Pi NYC Re-issue
Big Muff Pi Russian Re-issue,
Emu ESI-32 OS 3.02, 32megs of ram, with SCSI, (not
used much now),
Korg
Poly-61 (no midi... yet)
M1R with 14 PCM cards - groovy
ESX1 Electribe SX Production Sampler.
DRV-3000 multi-effects processor
MS-10 - monophonic synthesizer (needs love)
Novation - Bass Station Rack monophonic analog bass
synthesizer.
M-Audio/Midiman
Midisport 8x8 (two of these) & a 2x2 as well.
Midi Trigger Finger
Roland
Juno-6 analog 6 voice poly synthesizer... (no
midi)
Gr-300 The World’s Fastest Guitar Synthesizer
MKS-7 Super Quartet
MKS-50 - the little known synthesizer module was
their Alpha Juno in a slim, 1U rack mount unit.
MKS-30 Planet-S - with OS update not just a
racked JX-3P, it really has more in common with the GR-700 guitar synthesizer
MKS-10 Planet P, is it digital is it analog?
It's 80's Roland and it sounds brilliant!
TX-416 - can be expanded to 8, but currently has 4 of the original DX7's in a big rack
DX7IID - improved sound quality over original DX7
and allows bi-timbrality, I've also added the Greymatter Response E! Expansion
TX81z- the first FM synthesizer to employ
oscillator waveforms other than sine, in order to achieve its unique, grating
timbre, with better D to A than some of it's keyboard cousins.
RX-5 - One of the best 12 bit drum machines ever
made, with clean and punchy samples.
x0xb0x - TB-303 reproduction
with MIDI-control. I've completed 289 with some modifications but still have
another in a box. I'll get to that... when I get to it.
George Dennis - GD30 Wah Wah
Ibanez - AD202 analog delay (no midi),
gear is good.
Fender
Jazz Bass with 80's EMG's Badass Bass Bridge II,
Stratocaster with guitarfetish Hot Alnico Stagger
over wound pups, LSR nut and Sperzel tuners
Ibanez X-ING IMG2010 Guitar Synthesizer Controller - The Most Advanced Vintage 24-Pin Roland Guitar Synth Controller Ever Built!
Simon & Patrick S&P 6 CW Cedar
Ovation - Magnum II converted to fretless with an Aguilar OBP-3 Bass Preamp
Aria Pro II - Steve Bailey 6 string bass - fretted
Vox - Brian May Special Guitar Combo Amplifier. 10
Watts. 6.5 in. speaker. 'Deacon System' (his Deacy amp/Treble Boost combination)
electronics.
KAT-Drum Pad's (x2)
Gibraltar - Drum Rack and hardware,
Drum Works - DW-5000 kick pedal,
Pintech - Electronic Cymbal 14 inch Crash (x2)
Dauz - Pads - triple 6 inch pad; double 6 inch pad
combinations
Encore Electronics - Slidemate (great for sysex
editing the MKS-7),
Mackie - 1604 mixer – the original one.
Sennheiser - HD570 Headphones (these are great),
AKG - K-55 Headphones (these suck), Gemini PL-9 Rack Mount Power Supply and
Light Module, Furman PL-Plus Rack Mount Power Conditioner/Supply and
Light Module, PB-40 Patchbay, Permapower Sockets, E PluS Rack Mount Multiple
Outlet Strip, yadda yadda yadda blah blah & blah
Warning. Opinion follows....
I've met some cool people here on myspace and have made
some great friends, some of whom I communicate with almost daily. I've heard
some great musician's and feel they are wonderful people creative people.
But I'm also amazed by the amount of crap that's on here... not
musically because that's art, and a matter of taste and to be honest I do
believe it's all valid... whether I (or someone else) like it or not. So
do me a favour (that's Canadian for favor), do not request an add unless you are
a musician, or you like the tracks I'm making, because if you're just collecting
"adds" for whatever reason pass me by. Peace and love baby.
Hello! I've already recorded some sound examples with my new axe, not big deal but you can get an idea of how it sounds... Check them here if you're curious:
