MY BANDS

PICTURES:

The pictures below show the "Quazare" on the top of a keyboard stand. It's a previous version of the quazare. The new one is sill being built. I will post it as soon as it is done.

THE RECORDING PROJECT:

I recorded it with a friend about 12-13 years ago. It was a evening of music. Lots of fun. This was a 100% improvisational night. WE KNEW NOTHING about what we were goin to preform. We plugged the computer's cheapest sound card. We used the 1/8" jacks. Plugged in the "2 track" audio input, and just played.

During the recording I played the 2 (3) modules that I made all during the recording. They are the "blue" modules. They're down the page in the pictures. They are called "The Harmotron" and "The SuperSweep".

They are really cool as I have put some functions which you don't find anywhere. They're listed on the sheet next to the pots. It's complicated to explain the functions... But I'll do my best when I'll try to go in great details when I list them (hopefully soon)... Maybe I'll put a web page with the details. I have them with the schematics in case someone would like to build one (or both).

All the modules I built, and the modules I have purchased, fit in a "cheap" suitcase I got at the local hardware store. That is what I had in mind at the time. Now with my accident I will "try" to build (with 1 functional arm) a better case. I got a plan actually. The trick is to not drill a single hole (ideally). The trick is... MAGNETS!!! All the holes will be replaced with magnets. No holes to drill, and things "line up" perfectly, by themselves. Put a bit of glue on the magnets, and it is brilliant! Except...  You all of a sudden begin to attract all metal "parts"... So I'll have to figure how I will deal with that... But that remains to be seen...

OK so... When the night was finished, I took the sound files (single 2 track about 1 1/2 hour long). And I looked around the net for the best NASA flights that I could find, and that could best describe what I was feeling at the time.

It took me about 7 days to complete the mix. After that, I lost the audio, imagine that! But, it was on my iPod, for which I completely forgot that I changed my email address, it was too late. To many tries, and it was now "locked". No way to get it, EXCEPT... I plugged it in my speakers, and It played the songs one after the  other. So I got all the wires and, BINGO, I NOW HAVE THE SONG! 13 years later, I finally got it!!! It was making me regretting not having a security backup. But it's OK now, I got it finally!

THE DRUM SOLO:

There is a drum part that I play on the track. It's me playing on the lake at my dads (see below).  I played a song about me passing thru the Asteroid Belt. I think it makes a good point on how I was feelin that day...

I also play the old quazare all the way thru the drum solo. With me letting completely loose, letting the "vibes" control me... After I finished the drum part I just let it go...

THE VOYAGE:

It starts with something that... Well I will let you decide what the "thing" was. Very freaky.

The voyage was a first step in a series of "The Final Flight" with the crew. Maybe, just maybe, they will find a solution to "miraculously" find their way back home. But, that remains to be seen...